''Doing Nation'' in a Digital Age - Banal Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism in Polymedia Environments

This book introduces a new theory of national identity, arguing that the nation does not only represent an abstract "imagined community", but that it also represents embodied cultural and discursive practices.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: National and Cosmopolitan Identities
Chapter 3: Digital Media Environments in the Context of Migration
Chapter 4: Research Design and Methodology
Chapter 5: Who are the Serbian Londoners?
Chapter 6: Destigmatisation Strategies of Serbian Londoners in Polymedia
Chapter 7: Polymedia Environments of Serbian Londoners: Privately and Publicly Oriented Platforms
Chapter 8: The Role of Mediated Interpersonal Communication in 'Doing Nation'
Chapter 9: Conclusion

About the author

Sanja Vico is a lecturer in Communications and Digital Media at the University of Exeter. She previously worked as a researcher (postdoc) on an ERC-funded project "Justice Interactions and Peacebuilding" (JUSTINT) at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE). She obtained a PhD in Media and Communications from Goldsmiths, University of London, having previously graduated from the LSE and the University of Belgrade. She has published on issues of digital media in contexts of migration, nationalism, identity and post-conflict justice and peacebuilding. She received an honourable mention Best Paper Award Senior Scholar from the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) for her paper "Globalized difference:" identity politics on social media.

Summary

This book introduces a new theory of national identity, arguing that the nation does not only represent an abstract “imagined community”, but that it also represents embodied cultural and discursive practices.

Product details

• Authors: Sanja Vico
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.01.2025
• EAN: 9780367625894
• ISBN: 978-0-367-62589-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Comedia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, Media Studies, Sociology, Popular Culture, Eastern Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, The arts, Colonialism & imperialism, Migration, immigration & emigration, Regional Studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social and cultural anthropology, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies