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Author Sheyholislami, Jaffer, 1960-

Title Kurdish identity, discourse, and new media / Jaffer Sheyholislami
Edition 1st ed
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (252 pages) : maps
Series Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication
Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication.
Contents Discourse, Media, and Nation * Kurdish Identity * Kurdish Media: From Print to Facebook * Discourse Practices of Kurdistan TV (KTV) * Textual Analysis of KTV * Discourse Practices of Kurdish Internet * Textual Analysis of Kurdish Internet * Discussion and Conclusion
Discourse, media, and nation -- Kurdish identity -- Kurdish media : from print to Facebook -- discourse practices of kurdistan tv (KTV) -- Textual analysis of KTV -- Discourse practices of Kurdish internet -- Textual analysis of kurdish internet
Summary 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 offers the first study of discursive constructions of Kurdish identity in the new media, this book 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Mass media -- Political aspects -- Kurdistan
Mass media and nationalism -- Kurdistan
Internet -- Political aspects -- Kurdistan
Group identity -- Kurdistan
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
Group identity
Internet -- Political aspects
Mass media and nationalism
Mass media -- Political aspects
Kurden
Nationalismus
Gruppenidentität
Audiovisuelle Medien
Internet
Soziolinguistik
Massenmedien.
Internet.
Nationalbewusstsein.
Gruppenidentität.
Transnationale Politik.
Politik och massmedia -- Kurdistan.
Internet -- politiska aspekter -- Kurdistan.
Middle East -- Kurdistan
Irak
Ferdows
Syrien
Türkei
Kurdistan.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010046032
ISBN 9780230119307
0230119301
9781349292370
1349292370
1283158809
9781283158800
9786613158802
6613158801
0230337279
9780230337275