Abstract

This article applies the concept of internalized orientalism to explain how news representations reflect the power struggles and power relationships within postcolonial nations of the global South through Orientalist discourses. Introducing the concept of internalized orientalism to postcolonial media studies has the potential to de-westernize communication research by depicting the interplays of representations within the South. In this article, I analyze internalized orientalism as a communication theory by studying media representations of the Egyptian revolution in terms of four themes: (a) inability of southern people to rule themselves, (b) religious versus civil state, (c) social conflicts and the patriarchal state, and (d) dehumanization of people and reducing human agency. I argue that internalized orientalism demonstrates how media representations reflect a Western production of knowledge of the global South in the global South, working toward reproducing neocolonial power. At the same time, I argue, internalized orientalism offers a lens for understanding the politics of representations and knowledge production from the South.

中文翻译：

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内部化的东方主义：建立后殖民媒体理论和从全球化的南方去实现传播研究的西化

摘要

本文运用内部化东方主义的概念来解释新闻报道如何通过东方主义话语反映全球南方后殖民国家内部的权力斗争和权力关系。将内部化东方主义的概念引入后殖民媒体研究，有可能通过描绘南方代表之间的相互作用来使传播研究西化。在本文中，我分析了内部化的东方主义作为传播理论，它通过四个主题研究埃及革命的媒体表现形式：（a）南部人民无力统治自己；（b）宗教与公民国家；（c）社会冲突和父权制国家；以及（d） ）人的非人道化和减少人的代理权。我认为，内部化的东方主义表明了媒体代表如何在全球南方反映西方对全球南方知识的生产，从而努力再现新殖民主义的力量。同时，我认为，内部化的东方主义为理解南方代表政治和知识生产提供了一个视角。