Georgiou, Myria 
ORCID: 0000-0001-8771-8469
(2013)
Diaspora in the digital era: minorities and media representation.
Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, 12 (4).
pp. 80-99.
ISSN 1617-5247
Abstract
This article argues that we need to understand media as spaces where minorities increasingly communicate interests, make claims and mobilize identities. With a focus on diasporic groups, the article looks at the multi-spatial character of communication and mobilization and its consequences for expression and communication of cultural and political belonging. Diasporic groups represent some of the most significant minorities across European nation-states. While living in – and in many cases being citizens of – European nation-states, they also sustain political and cultural connections across boundaries, largely through the media. This article argues that diasporic minority groups use the media in complex ways that feed back into their sense of cultural and political belonging. Only if we examine the diverse and complex ways in which minorities use the media to make sense of the world around them, can we begin to understand the wider significance of media and communications for minorities’ cultural and political representation and belonging.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Official URL: | http://www.ecmi.de/publications/jemie/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2014 ECMI |
| Divisions: | Media and Communications |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Aug 2014 11:55 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 00:30 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/59083 |
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