Transnational Lives and the Media Re-Imagining Diasporas

by Bailey, Olga G.; Georgiou, Myria; Harindranath, R.

• ISBN13: 9780230019836
• ISBN10: 0230019838
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780230591905
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-08-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

This collection offers a comprehensive account of the relation between diaspora and media cultures drawing from traditional and innovative theoretical and empirical approaches illustrated by original case studies. It analyzes the dilemmas of the field, the tensions and promises of the politics of transnational communication and diasporas, the consumption of national and transnational media by diasporas communities, and the views of non-governmental organizations on issues of the politics of participation and representation of ethnic minorities in the media.

Author Biography

OLGA G. BAILEY is at the Institute of Cultural Analysis, Nottingham Trent University, UK. She has published essays on global audiences, environmentalism and journalistic practices, and the consumption of new technologies. Her latest publication with Dr. Harindranath is the chapter Racialized 'Other': the representation of asylum seekers in the news media. In: Stuart Allan. Journalism: critical issues.

MYRIA GEORGIOU is a Lecturer in International Communications at the Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds. Her research focuses on transnational communication, identity and community. Recent publications include: Crossing the Boundaries of the Ethnic Home: Media Consumption and Ethnic Identity Construction in the Public Space and Les Diasporas en Ligne: Une Expérience Concrète de Transnationalisme', Hommes & Migrations.

R. HARINDRANATH is Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He co-authored The 'Crash' Controversy, and co-edited Approaches to Audiences. He has published essays on diverse topics such as audience research, 'race' and representation, social movements, and cultural imperialism.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Notes on Contributors

Introduction: Exploration of Diaspora in the Context of Media Culture

Conceptual And Epistemological Explorations

Transnational Crossroads for Media and Diaspora: Three Challenges for Research

Diaspora, Multiculturalism and Transnational Media: The Case of Zee TV

Art in the Age of Siege

Re-imagining Diaspora through Ethno-mimesis: Humiliation, Human Dignity and Belonging

Diasporic Politics: Tensions and Promises

Transnational Islam and the Internet

The Sámi Media, State Broadcasting and Transnational Indigeneity

Refugee Communities and the Politics of Cultural Identity

Ethnic Media, Transnational Politics: Turnish Migrant Media in Germany

Transnational Lives and The Media

Diasporic Mediated Spaces

Diaspora: An Urban Communication Paradigm

Latin Americans, Identities, and Media in Britain

All that Diaspora Allows: Film Between Queer and Diaspora

Voices Across Cultural and Political Diasporic Media Space

Equal Participation of Ethnic Minorities in the Media: The Case of the Netherlands

Muslim Communities and the Media in France

Media and the Ethnic/Religious Minorities

Ethnic Media in USA: Giant Hidden in Plain Sight

Ambiguous Voices: Western Media and Refugees

Mediam'Rad - Ethnic Media in Europe

Bibliography

Index

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