[Air-L] Imagined communities

[Robyn Tasaka]

Emily Noelle Ignacio cites Anderson in Building Diaspora

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Philippa Smith <philippa.smith at aut.ac.nz>wrote:

> 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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