Transnational Lives and the Media

This book provides a comprehensive and international look at transnationalism, diasporas, and the media.

This collection offers a comprehensive account of the relation between diaspora and media cultures drawing from traditional and innovative theoretical and empirical approaches illustrated by original case studies. It analyzes the dilemmas of the field, the tensions and promises of the politics of transnational communication and diasporas, the consumption of national and transnational media by diasporas communities, and the views of non-governmental organizations on issues of the politics of participation and representation of ethnic minorities in the media.

OLGA G. BAILEY is at the Institute of Cultural Analysis, Nottingham Trent University, UK. She has published essays on global audiences, environmentalism and journalistic practices, and the consumption of new technologies. Her latest publication with Dr. Harindranath is the chapter Racialized ‘Other’: the representation of asylum seekers in the news media. In: Stuart Allan. Journalism: critical issues.
MYRIA GEORGIOU is a Lecturer in International Communications at the Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds. Her research focuses on transnational communication, identity and community. Recent publications include: Crossing the Boundaries of the Ethnic Home: Media Consumption and Ethnic Identity Construction in the Public Space and Les Diasporas en Ligne: Une Expérience Concrète de Transnationalisme’, Hommes & Migrations.
R. HARINDRANATH is Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He co-authored The ‘Crash’ Controversy, and co-edited Approaches to Audiences. He has published essays on diverse topics such as audience research, ‘race’ and representation, social movements, and cultural imperialism.

Acknowledgements * Notes on Contributors * Introduction: Exploration of Diaspora in the Context of Media Culture–O.G.Bailey, M.Georgiou & R.Harindranath * PART 1: CONCEPTUAL AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS * Transnational Crossroads for Media and Diaspora: Three Challenges for Research–M.Georgiou * Diaspora, Multiculturalism and Transnational Media: The Case of Zee TV–S.Fazal * Art in the Age of Siege–N.Papastergiadis * Re-imagining Diaspora through Ethno-mimesis: Humiliation, Human Dignity and Belonging–M.O’Neill * PART 2: DIASPORIC POLITICS: TENSIONS AND PROMISES * Transnational Islam and the Internet–E.Siapera * The Sámi Media, State Broadcasting and Transnational Indigeneity–L.Markelin & C.Husband * Refugee Communities and the Politics of Cultural Identity–R.Harindranath * Ethnic Media, Transnational Politics: Turnish Migrant Media in Germany–K.Kosnick * PART 3: TRANSNATIONAL LIVES AND THE MEDIA * Diasporic Mediated Spaces–S.de Leeuw & I.Rydin * Diaspora: An Urban Communication Paradigm–G.Gumpert & S.Drucker * Latin Americans, Identities, and Media in Britain–O.G.Bailey * All that Diaspora Allows: Film Between Queer and Diaspora–G.Needham * PART 4: VOICES ACROSS CULTURAL AND POLITICAL DIASPORIC MEDIA SPACE * Equal Participation of Ethnic Minorities in the Media: The Case of the Netherlands–S.Bink * Muslim Communities and the Media in France–M.Colin * Media and the Ethnic/Religious Minorities–B.Quraishy * Ethnic Media in USA: Giant Hidden in Plain Sight–S.Roy & S.Close * Ambiguous Voices: Western Media and Refugees–A.C.Ndongozi * Mediam’Rad – Ethnic Media in Europe–R.Blion * Bibliography * Index