Social theory needs to be completely rethought in a world of digital media and social media
platforms driven by data processes. Fifty years after Berger and Luckmann published their …

While digital technologies were initially seen as harbingers of globalisation and
cosmopolitanism, scholars increasingly acknowledge their role in the rise of nationalism and …

Using a multimodal discursive approach, this study explores how the COVID-19 pandemic is
constructed and used in press reportage to mobilize intergroup relations and national …

Classic authors in nations and nationalisms studies recognize mainstream media as crucial
for the construction of nations and spread of nationalisms. While the media landscape in …

Civic Hope is a history of what everyday Americans say-in their own words-about the
government overseeing their lives. Based on a highly original analysis of 10,000 letters to …

This article adopts a poststructural approach to examine the relationship between the news
media and international relations. It compares 15 years of international aid coverage from …

This chapter takes up the notion that the nation is quietly but persistently reinforced by banal
national symbols by considering how nationhood emerges through the experience of the …

In this article I examine the intersections of queer sexualities and the nation online. In
particular, I employ Billig's concept of banal nationalism to investigate when and how the …

The study of media nationalism has had a curious history. Some of the “classic” studies of
nationalism have placed the media at the heart of their work but say very little about media …

Although “bilingualism”(ie the official status of English and French) is widely accepted as
one of the pillars of Canadian national identity, the number of Canadians reporting a mother …