[Air-L] Imagined communities

[Elad Segev]

Dear Philippa,

I have studied the construction of "imagined international community"
through the experience of reading Google News:

Segev, E. (2008), 'The Imagined International Community: Dominant American
Priorities and Agendas in Google News', Global Media Journal, 7(13), Fall
2008. Available at:
http://lass.calumet.purdue.edu/cca/gmj/fa08/graduate/gmj-fa08-grad-segev.htm

Maybe this can give you another perspective.

Best,
Elad

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I'm seeking out references to Benedict Anderson's theory of "imagined
communities" in relation to the Internet and how new technologies enable the
construction of national identities.  Certainly this is mentioned in  Ananda
Mitra's chapter "Virtual Commonality: Looking for India on the Internet"  in
Virtual Culture edited by Steven Jones and in S. Jones' chapter in the same
book "The Internet and its Social Landscape.   Mark Poster (1999)  National
Identities and Communications Technologies in The Information Society 15:4,
235-240 is another reference.  But if there are any other references where
people apply the theory in their research or discuss it please let me know.

Many thanks.

Philippa Smith
PhD Candidate
Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication
AUT University
Auckland
New Zealand
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