[Air-L] Imagined communities

Nancy Baym nbaym at ku.edu
Fri Nov 28 05:20:03 PST 2008


I used it in my 1995 chapter in Steve Jones's Cybersociety book.



On Nov 27, 2008, at 7:58 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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