Kurdish identity, discourse, and new media

Kurdish identity, discourse, and new media

by Sheyholislami, Jaffer

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Informed by the interdisciplinary approach of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and theories of identity, nation, and media, the study investigates the ways Kurds, the world's largest stateless nation, use satellite television and Internet to construct their identities. This book examines the complex interrelationships between ethno-national identities, discourses, and new media. Not only offers the first study of discursive constructions of Kurdish identity in the new media, this book also the…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Kurdish identity, discourse, and new media / Jaffer Sheyholislami.

Summary

Informed by the interdisciplinary approach of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and theories of identity, nation, and media, the study investigates the ways Kurds, the world's largest stateless nation, use satellite television and Internet to construct their identities. This book examines the complex interrelationships between ethno-national identities, discourses, and new media. Not only offers the first study of discursive constructions of Kurdish identity in the new media, this book also the first CDA informed comparative study of the contents of the two media. The study pushes the boundaries of the growing area of studies of identity, nationalism and transnationalism, discourse studies, minority language, and digital media.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2011.
  • Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (252 pages) : : maps

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780230119307, 0230119301, 9781349292370, 1349292370, 1283158809, 9781283158800, 9786613158802, 6613158801, 0230337279, 9780230337275
  • DOI:10.1057/9780230119307
  • oclc:ocn732617801
  • LC Classification:P95.82.K87
  • Dewey Decimal:302.230891/597

Table of Contents

Discourse, Media, and Nation * Kurdish Identity * Kurdish Media: From Print to Facebook * Discourse Practices of Kurdistan TV (KTV) * Textual Analysis of KTV * Discourse Practices of Kurdish Internet * Textual Analysis of Kurdish Internet * Discussion and Conclusion.

Discourse, media, and nation -- Kurdish identity -- Kurdish media : from print to Facebook -- discourse practices of kurdistan tv (KTV) -- Textual analysis of KTV -- Discourse practices of Kurdish internet -- Textual analysis of kurdish internet.

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