Fig. 1. Kurdish Identity, Discourse, and New Media. Courtesy of Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Palgrave Macmillan published a book called "Kurdish Identity, Discourse, and New Media" written by Jaffer Sheyholislami from the Carleton University, Ontario.

Publication Data

Sheyholislami, Jaffer. Kurdish Identity, Discourse, and New Media. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. ISBN: 9780230109858.

Description

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.

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

About the Author

Jaffer Sheyholislami is Assistant Professor in the School of Linguistics and Language Studies at Carleton University, Ontario, Canada.

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