Kurdish identity, discourse, and new media
By: Jaffer Sheyholislami
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication; Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780230109858
Subjects: Mass media and nationalism; Group identity; Mass media; Internet
Description: Informed by the interdisciplinary approach of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and theories of identity, nation, and media, the study investigates the ways Kurds, the world's largest stateless nation, use satellite television and Internet to construct their identities. This book examines the complex interrelationships between ethno-national identities, discourses, and new media. Not only does offer the first study of discursive constructions of Kurdish identity in the new media, this book is also the first CDA informed comparative study of the contents of the two media. The study pushes the boundaries of the growing area of studies of identity, nationalism and transnationalism, discourse studies, minority language, and digital media.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-242) and index.
Table of contents: title: Discourse, media, and nation; title: Kurdish identity; title: Kurdish media : from print to Facebook; title: discourse practices of kurdistan tv (KTV); title: Textual analysis of KTV; title: Discourse practices of Kurdish internet; title: Textual analysis of kurdish internet.