Handbook of Diasporas, Media, and Culture

Jessica Retis is Associate Professor of Journalism, California State University Northridge, USA. She is author of Immigrant Media Spaces in Madrid: Genesis and Evolution, and co-author of BBC & TVE Daily Newscasts: Professionals and Audiences' Discourses. She has edited several works including Immigration and Media: Proposals for Journalists.Roza Tsagarousianou is Reader in Media and Communication, CAMRI, University of Westminster, UK. She is author of Islam in Europe: Public Spaces and Civic Networks and of Diasporic Cultures and Globalization, and co-author of Cyberdemocracy: Technology, Cities & Civic Networks.

• List of Figures and Tables ixNotes on Contributors xiSeries Editors Preface xixAcknowledgments xxi1 Diasporas, Media, and Culture: Exploring Dimensions of Human Mobility and Connectivity in the Era of Global Interdependency 1Roza Tsagarousianou and Jessica RetisPart I Roots and Routes: The Nature of "Diaspora(s)": Their Relation to Nation, Ethnicity, Religion, Societies of Provenance, and Societies of Settlement 212 Diasporas: Changing Meanings and Limits of the Concept 23Robin Cohen3 Digital Diasporas: Beyond the Buzzword: Toward a Relational Understanding of Mobility and Connectivity 31Laura Candidatu, Koen Leurs, and Sandra Ponzanesi4 The Tragedy of the Cultural Commons: Cultural Crossroads and the Paradoxes of Identity 49Thomas Hylland Eriksen5 Diaspora and the Plurality of Its Cosmopolitan Imaginaries 63Myria Georgiou6 Beyond the Concept of Diaspora?: Reevaluating our Theoretical Toolkit Through the Study of Muslim Transnationalism 77Roza Tsagarousianou7 Doing Diasporic Media Research: Methodological Challenges and Innovations 97Kevin SmetsPart II Home and Away: Transnationalism, Localism, and the Construction of Diasporic Identity 1138 Homogenizing Heterogeneity in Transnational Contexts: Latin American Diasporas and the Media in the Global North 115Jessica Retis9 Unraveling Diaspora and Hybridity: Brazil and the Centrality of Geopolitical Context in Analyzing Culture in Global Postcolonial Space 137Niall Brennan10 Media, Racism, and Haitian Immigration in Brazil 151Denise Cogo and Terezinha Silva11 China's Vessel on the Voyage of Globalization: The Soft Power Agenda and Diasporic Media Responses 165Wanning Sun12 Digital Diaspora: Social Alliances Beyond the Ethnonational Bond 179Saskia Witteborn13 Transnational Mediated Commemoration of Migrant Deaths at the Borders of Europe 193Karina HorstiPart III Cultural Politics in the Diaspora: Diasporic Public Spheres/Spaces, Identity Politics, and Diasporic Activism 20714 The Politics of Diasporic Integration: The Case of Iranians in Britain 209Annabelle Sreberny and Reza Gholami15 Scripting Indianness: Remediating Narratives of Diasporic Affiliation and Authenticity 225Radha S. Hegde16 Media Representations of Diasporic Cultures and the Impact on Audiences: Polarization, Power, and the Limits of Interculturality 239Miquel Rodrigo]Alsina, Antonio Pineda, and Leonarda Garcia]Jimenez17 Toward a Democratization of the Public Space?: Challenges for the Twenty]First Century 255Alicia Ferrandez Ferrer18 Decolonizing National Public Spheres: Indigenous Migrants as Transnational Counterpublics 269Antonieta Mercado19 The Power of Communication Networks for the Political Formation of a New Social Actor in Chile: The Case of Migrant Action Movement 283Ximena PooPart IV Nation and Diasporas: Diasporas, Nationalism, and the Making of National Cultures 29520 Making National Cultures: Sindhis in Indonesia's Media Industries 297Thomas Barker21 Reporting Violence and Naming Migrants in Assam: The Coverage of Anti]"Bengali Muslim" Violence in Assam by The Assam Tribune Newspaper 311Musab Iqbal22 Media and Nationalism Beyond Borders 329Janroj Yilmaz Keles23 Online Diasporas: Beyond Long]Distance Nationalisms 343Angeliki Monnier24 Somali Development Agents as Development Communicators: Visions and "Religious" Challenges 359Michele Gonnelli25 The Mediation of Migration and States of Exception 373Miyase Christensen and Christian ChristensenPart V Gender and Generation: How Do Gender and Generation Intersect with the Diasporic Condition and Impact on Diasporic Cultural Politics? 38526 Intersections and (Dis)Connections: LGBTQ Uses of Digital Media in the Diaspora 387Alexander Dhoest27 Sri Lankan Migrant Women Watching Teledramas in Melbourne: A Social Act of Identity 401Shashini Ruwanthi Gamage28 Digital Diasporas: Accounting for the Role of Family Talk in Transnational Social Spaces 415Gabriel Moreno]Esparza29 Italian Post]war Migration to Britain: Cinema and the Second Generation 429Margherita SprioPart VI New Technologies, New Experiences: Changing Media and Information and Communication Technologies, and Their Impact on Diasporic Cultures 44330 Between Access and Exclusion: Iranian Diasporic Broadcasting in Open TV Channels in Germany 445Christine Horz31 Low Frequencies in the Diaspora: The Black Subaltern Intellectual and Hip]Hop Cultures 461Bryce Henson32 Facebook for Community, Direct Action, and Archive: Diaspora Responses to the 2014 Floods in the Balkans 475Deborah James33 The Romanian Scientific E]Diaspora: Online Mobilization, Transnational Agency, and Globalization of Domestic Policies 491Mihaela Nedelcu34 Refugees, Information Precarity, and Social Inclusion: The Precarious Communication Practices of Syrians Fleeing War 503Melissa Wall, Madeline Otis Campbell, and Dana Janbek35 Racial and Class Distinctions Online: The Case of the Mexican European Diaspora on Social Networking Sites 515Lorena Nessi and Olga BaileyPart VII Redefining Social Spaces in the Diaspora: The Transformation of Urban, Physical, and Virtual Spaces 52936 Physical and Virtual Spaces Among the Palestinian Diaspora in Malmo 531Fanny Christou and Spyros Sofos37 Developing and Defending Mixed Identity: Lessons from the Caribbean Diaspora 547Charisse L'Pree Corsbie]Massay and Raven S. Maragh-Lloyd38 Latino and Asian as Pan]Ethnic Layers of Identity and Media Use Among Second]Generation Immigrants 563Joseph Straubhaar, Laura Dixon, Jeremiah Spence, and Viviana Rojas39 Migration, Transnational Families, and New Communication Technologies 577Mirca MadianouIndex 591