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Digital nationalism: Understanding the role of digital media in the rise of ‘new’ nationalism
Nations and Nationalism ( IF 2.058 ) Pub Date : 2020-12-30 , DOI: 10.1111/nana.12685
Sabina Mihelj 1 , César Jiménez‐Martínez 2
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While digital technologies were initially seen as harbingers of globalisation and cosmopolitanism, scholars increasingly acknowledge their role in the rise of nationalism and right-wing populism. Yet, this surge of interest leaves at least two important questions unanswered. Where was nationalism before its apparent resurgence? Are contemporary forms of nationalism different from their predecessors, and can these changes be linked to digital technologies? To answer these questions, we argue for the importance of understanding the less visible ways in which digital technologies reproduce our sense of belonging to a world of nations. We discuss three such mechanisms: the architecture of internet domains, the bias of algorithms, and the formation of national digital ecosystems. Next, we examine three characteristics of contemporary nationalism that can be partly linked to recent shifts in the global communication ecology: diversification, fragmentation and commodification. We conclude by considering the implications of our arguments for future research in the field.

中文翻译:

数字民族主义:理解数字媒体在“新”民族主义兴起中的作用

虽然数字技术最初被视为全球化和世界主义的先驱,但学者们越来越认识到它们在民族主义和右翼民粹主义兴起中的作用。然而,这种兴趣的激增至少留下了两个未解决的重要问题。民族主义在明显复苏之前在哪里?当代形式的民族主义与其前辈不同,这些变化是否与数字技术有关?为了回答这些问题,我们认为了解数字技术再现我们对国家世界的归属感的不太明显的方式的重要性。我们讨论了三种这样的机制:互联网域的架构、算法的偏见和国家数字生态系统的形成。下一个,我们考察了当代民族主义的三个特征,这些特征可能与全球传播生态的近期变化有部分联系:多样化、碎片化和商品化。最后,我们考虑了我们的论点对该领域未来研究的影响。
更新日期:2020-12-30
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