'Doing Nation' in a Digital Age

Banal Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism in Polymedia Environments
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-367-62589-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 508 g

Reihe: Comedia

This book introduces a new theory of national identity, arguing that the nation does not only represent an abstract “imagined community” but also represents embodied cultural and discursive practices.

Drawing upon a detailed case study of Serbian Londoners, this truly interdisciplinary study positions media as constitutive of national identities. The author contends that nations come into being and are sustained through everyday interpersonal communication practices that have increasingly become mediated, especially for migrants. She develops the concept of "doing nation" to argue that we should think of the nation as a dynamic process. Situated first within a particular migration context, the concept is then applied more broadly as everyday communication practices are becoming increasingly mediated worldwide.

Covering a breadth of key theories and concepts in this field, including diaspora, ethnicity, nationalism, cosmopolitanism, social media affordances and polymedia, this book will appeal to scholars and students researching digital media, migration, identities, nationalism and cosmopolitanism in the social science disciplines.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vico, Sanja

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Nationalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: National and Cosmopolitan Identities

Chapter 3: Digital Media Environments in the Context of Migration

Chapter 4: Research Design and Methodology

Chapter 5: Who are the Serbian Londoners?

Chapter 6: Destigmatisation Strategies of Serbian Londoners in Polymedia

Chapter 7: Polymedia Environments of Serbian Londoners: Privately and Publicly Oriented Platforms

Chapter 8: The Role of Mediated Interpersonal Communication in ‘Doing Nation’

Chapter 9: Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Sanja Vico is a lecturer in Communications and Digital Media at the University of Exeter. She previously worked as a researcher (postdoc) on an ERC-funded project "Justice Interactions and Peacebuilding" (JUSTINT) at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE). She obtained a PhD in Media and Communications from Goldsmiths, University of London, having previously graduated from the LSE and the University of Belgrade. She has published on issues of digital media in contexts of migration, nationalism, identity and post-conflict justice and peacebuilding. She received an honourable mention Best Paper Award Senior Scholar from the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) for her paper "Globalized difference:" identity politics on social media.