“We have three televisions, DVD and video (…)”: communication media and identity formation of Albanian students

This ethnographic study explores the daily consumption of domestic, global, and Albanian media products by Albanian students, focusing on the relationship between these consumption practices and their experience of otherness both in the Albanian-centric home environment and the Greek-centric school setting. Through in-depth interviews with students and their parents, as well as participant observation in Albanian families, the study examines how students navigate their cultural identity, balancing integration into the host country’s cultural context with maintaining the cultural continuity of their country of origin. ​