#Balkanization: A Critical Study of Otherness through Twitter

Liridona Veliu examines 'balkanization' as a long-standing discourse of identity construction, otherness and stereotyping through Twitter. Although deriving from the Balkans and attached to the Balkan Peninsula, the 'balkanization' discourse has gained a life of its own. The author challenges its current manifestations shaped by the era of social media and identifies and connects its meanings with deeper processes of historical events. This book denaturalizes 'balkanization' as a constructed source of knowledge, approaching the topic embedded in genealogy and deconstructivism, and applies critical discourse analysis as a method of research.

List of contents

Deconstructing the 'Balkanization' Discourse.- 'The Balkans' through Genealogy.- Twitter Mechanism and Data Collection.- Critical Discourse Analysis.- Archetypes of Subjectivities.

About the author

Liridona Veliu is a peace researcher from the MA program in Peace, Development, Security and International Conflict Transformation at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. She is currently a PhD student at the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University. Congruently, she is supporting the Erasmus+ European Commission funded project on the creation of the graduate curricula in Peace Studies in Georgia (PESTUGE) as part of the University of Innsbruck staff.

Summary

Liridona Veliu examines ‘balkanization’ as a long-standing discourse of identity construction, otherness and stereotyping through Twitter. Although deriving from the Balkans and attached to the Balkan Peninsula, the ‘balkanization’ discourse has gained a life of its own. The author challenges its current manifestations shaped by the era of social media and identifies and connects its meanings with deeper processes of historical events. This book denaturalizes ‘balkanization’ as a constructed source of knowledge, approaching the topic embedded in genealogy and deconstructivism, and applies critical discourse analysis as a method of research.

Product details

• Authors: Liridona Veliu
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783658238230
• ISBN: 978-3-658-23823-0
• No. of pages: 134
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 212 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 212 g
• Illustrations: XXI, 134 p. 9 illus.
• Series: Masters of Peace; Masters of Peace
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; C, Medical counselling, Psychotherapy, Child, developmental & lifespan psychology, Clinical psychology, Counseling, Behavioral Science and Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Counseling Psychology, Infant psychology, Infancy and Early Childhood Development