ABSTRACT
This chapter turns our attention to Swedish migrants' stories of how they use Swedish media for learning about their new country and how this is related to the informants' life situation, and cultural and linguistic knowledge. The informants were much occupied with gaining access to Swedish society by learning the language and being up to date with local and national events. The chapter discusses the citizenship and the media has developed along a path very much related to formal politics, civic engagement and the informed citizen and on to so-called cultural citizenship. Experiences of racism, discrimination, being an outsider of society, and so on may make migrants more inclined to make use of minority and transnational media such as satellite television. Through various personal networks in informal settings such as the work-place or with family and friends at home, the informants gain the opportunity to discuss matters of importance in the mother tongue.
