Digital nationalism: Understanding the role of digital media in the rise of 'new' nationalism
Digital nationalism: Understanding the role of digital media in the rise of 'new' nationalism
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DOI：
10.1111/nana.12685
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发表时间：
2020-12-30
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Jimenez-Martinez, Cesar
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作者：
Mihelj, Sabina;Jimenez-Martinez, Cesar
虽然数字技术最初被视为全球化和世界主义的预兆，但学者们越来越多地承认它们在民族主义和右翼民粹主义崛起中的作用。然而，这种兴趣的激增至少留下了两个重要的问题没有得到解答。民族主义明显复苏之前在哪里？当代形式的民族主义是否不同于其前辈？这些变化是否可以与数字技术联系起来？为了回答这些问题，我们主张理解数字技术以不太明显的方式再现我们对民族世界的归属感的重要性。我们讨论了三种这样的机制：互联网领域的架构、算法的偏差和国家数字生态系统的形成。接下来，我们研究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关：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。
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.