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6. Cybernationalism: Terrorism, Political Activism, and National Identity Creation in Virtual Communities and Social Media

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Abstract

Virtual communities allow for intensely homophilous groups to have a meeting place that would otherwise be impossible in the spatial world. Subsequently, the ability to develop social capital among groups that have traditionally been unable to recruit and mobilize is transformed by the growing access to web communication. The resulting communities are especially influential in groups centered on political or nationalist participation. This chapter will focus on three popular types of cybernationalism (terrorism, political activism, and ethnic-identity production) as it relates to social media and virtual communities. It will explore how social media and virtual community participation is conducive to the spreading of nationalism crucial to the developments of social movements.

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Metadaten
Titel
Cybernationalism: Terrorism, Political Activism, and National Identity Creation in Virtual Communities and Social Media
verfasst von
Matthew F. Palmer
Copyright-Jahr
2012
Verlag
Springer New York
Buch
Virtual Communities, Social Networks and Collaboration

Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-3633-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4614-3634-8

Copyright-Jahr: 2012

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3634-8_6