Communicating the Nation in Troubled Times: From the Brazilian June Journeys to Post-Brexit Britain

在过去十年中，一系列政治、经济和技术动荡——包括英国脱欧、2008年金融危机、特朗普的崛起和数字媒体的扩散——使以中介为基础的国家地位变得不稳定，扰乱了沟通国家归属感的既定渠道和实践。因此，需要一个新的研究议程来研究被中介的国家，它借鉴了来自传播和媒体研究的各种方法和理论，以及来自民族主义研究和促销文化研究的见解。在我的博士论文期间，我开始制定这个议程，重点关注2013年巴西起义背景下的媒体、国家地位和知名度。这次暴动让人们对巴西政府在举办世界杯和奥运会期间所做的努力产生了怀疑，巴西政府一直在努力向外界传达一个现代、和平、亲市场的国家形象。我的博士论文对媒体化国家的研究领域做出了决定性的干预，在承认“旧”媒体的持续影响以及它们对数字技术的适应性的同时，对数字传播生态中媒体化国家的深刻转变进行了鲜明的阐述。我的论文展示了数字媒体破坏现有权力结构和建立代表国家的新方式的潜力，以及媒体对持续的商业压力、政治干预和技术限制的脆弱性。我的分析的卓越性和原创性体现在以下事实上：我通过了该领域的主要权威——西蒙·科特尔教授和利兹·摩尔博士——的审查，没有进行任何修改，而且我的研究成功地发表了高质量的出版物。在我的博士研究成果的基础上，我将利用ESRC博士后奖学金为当前背景下的中介国家地位研究制定一个研究计划。我将继续传播我的工作成果，但更果断地将自己定位于相关领域的广泛国际受众，以确保我的工作在全球引起共鸣。为此，我将追求三个关键的影响途径：1。向媒体、文化与社会、传播理论、欧洲传播杂志等媒体与传播领域的顶级期刊投稿3篇。这些出版物将使我的博士研究的主要理论和实证发现在全球学者中得到更大的曝光。2. 我将针对传播与媒体领域的重要国际会议，如国际传播协会、国际媒体与传播研究协会、媒体、传播与文化研究协会的会议。这些会议将有助于建立网络，通过这些网络，我可以为我的工作创造更多的影响机会。3. 我将加深与非学术受众的接触，发展有助于我建立非学术影响的途径，并讨论有助于进一步研究的想法。除了这些影响途径，我还将制定一项新的研究计划，研究英国在脱欧时期的调解。虽然拟议的研究将建立在我关于2013年6月抗议期间巴西传播的研究成果之上，但这个新项目将帮助我实施和发展我对媒体，国家地位和知名度的想法，超出我博士工作的具体案例研究。在奖学金期间，我将进行初步的理论和实证工作，以测试未来项目的想法和方法，并且我将根据Leverhulme博士后奖学金计划，英国科学院博士后奖学金或ESRC新研究者补助金制定资助申请。

In the last decade, a range of political, economic and technological upheavals -including Brexit, the 2008 financial crisis, the rise of Trump, and the proliferation of digital media- has made the terrain of mediated nationhood unstable, upsetting established channels and practices of communicating national belonging. Hence, a new research agenda for the study of mediated nationhood is required, which draws on a variety of methods and theories from communication and media studies, along with insights from nationalism studies and promotional cultures research. I begun development of that agenda during my PhD thesis, which focussed on media, nationhood and visibility in the context of the Brazilian uprising of 2013. The uprising put in question the efforts of the Brazilian government to communicate -throughout the hosting of the World Cup and the Olympic games- a modern, peaceful and market-friendly version of their nation.My doctoral work made a decisive intervention in the research field around mediated nationhood, throwing into sharp relief the profound transformation of mediated nationhood in a digital communication ecology, while acknowledging the continued influence of 'old' media and their adaptation to the affordances of digital technologies. My thesis demonstrated both the potential of digital media to disrupt existing power structures and establish new ways of representing the nation, along with the vulnerability of the media to continuing commercial pressures, political interferences and technological constrains. The excellence and originality of my analysis was demonstrated by the fact that I passed the viva with no corrections, having been examined by key authorities in the field -Professor Simon Cottle and Dr Liz Moor-, and that I have successfully produced high-quality publications from my research.Building on the findings of my doctoral work, I will use the ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship to develop a research programme for the study of mediated nationhood in the current context. I will continue disseminating the findings of my work, but orient myself more decisively to broad international audiences in relevant fields to ensure the global resonance of my work. To this end, I will pursue three key routes to impact: 1. I will submit three articles to top journals in the field of media and communications, such as Media, Culture and Society, Communication Theory and the European Journal of Communication. These publications will give greater exposure to the main theoretical and empirical findings of my doctoral research among a global audience of scholars. 2. I will target key international conferences in the field of communication and media, such as those of the International Communication Association, the International Association for Media and Communication Research, and the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association. These conferences will be helpful to build networks through which I can develop more impact opportunities for my work. 3. I will deepen my engagement with non-academic audiences, developing pathways that will help me build non-academic impact, as well as discussing ideas that will feed into further research. Along with these routes to impact, I will develop a new research proposal that will look at the mediation of Britain at the time of Brexit. Whilst the proposed research will build upon the findings of my work about the communication of Brazil during the protests of June 2013, this new project will help me to implement and develop my ideas on media, nationhood and visibility beyond the specific case study of my doctoral work. During the course of the fellowship, I will conduct preliminary theoretical and empirical work, in order to test ideas and methodologies for a future project, and I will develop a funding application under either the Leverhulme postdoctoral fellowship scheme, the British Academy postdoctoral fellowships, or the ESRC New Investigator grants.