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Portrayals of C olombian and V enezuelan Immigrant Organisations in the U nited S tates
Author(s) -
SANCHEZR MAGALY,
AYSALASTRA MARIA
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/blar.12066
Subject(s) - immigration , sociology , advertising , business , political science , law
This article compares the public images of C olombian and V enezuelan immigrant organisations in the U nited S tates. Immigrant organisations' web pages and the expression of their main aims and goals serve to identify their major concerns as they create public images not only for the organisation but for the immigrant community itself. To interpret the immigrant organisations' public images and their goals, we offer a multilevel study that considers immigrants' contexts of exit, which are related to the motivation to migrate and the particular socio‐demographic makeup of immigrant groups. This article adds the V enezuelan immigrant experience to the literature on immigrant organisations.