Diaspora and imagined nationality
Subtitle: USA Africa Dialogue and cyberframing Nigerian nationhood
By: Kole Ade Odutola
Series: African world series; Carolina Academic Press African world series
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781594609268
Subjects: Nationalism; Nigerians; Electronic discussion groups; Internet; USA Africa Dialogue (Electronic discussion group); Political activity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Background and justification of the study. Structure of Nigeria; representation and types of nationalism. Issues of nationalism and networking involved in this research. Concepts within the title of the study. Theoretical framework. Agenda-setting theory. Symbolic interactionism theory; title: Literature review: Review of previous Nigeria-related studies. Diaspora in literature. Review of social and technological aspects of the internet. Research questions; title: Methodology: Textual analysis of postings. Rationale for this study; title: Data collection: Data from discussion groups. Summary of a particular thread; title: Data analysis; title: Discussion & conclusion: Conclusion. Limitations of study. Issues for further research.