{"product_id":"the-new-media-nation-9780857456069","title":"The New Media Nation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAround the planet, Indigenous people are using old and new technologies to amplify their voices and broadcast information to a global audience. This is the first portrait of a powerful international movement that looks both inward and outward, helping to preserve ancient languages and cultures...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eIn sum, \u003c\/em\u003eNew Media Nation\u003cem\u003eoffers scholars of minorities, of digital media and of globalizing indigeneities the opportunity to understand how the practices of producing meanings through discourses of resistance contribute over time to the development and re-invigoration of alternative discourses often thought to have been dissolved by the spread of ‘mass media’. By engaging in micro-analyses of specific cultural discourses and their elaboration in specific emergent media situations, Alia alerts her readers to the importance of the complexity of the local.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Discourse \u0026amp; Communication\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“…\u003cem\u003ea scholar with extensive knowledge of indigenous life in the Canadian North, has compiled a valuable and timely compendium on how Native societies from the Arctic to Australia use new media technologies to reinforce local cultures and establish global connections…Highly recommended.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThere is a lot of fascinating material in this book and it is striking that, the internet notwithstanding, radio remains central to indigenous media activity… Alia provides a very useful chronology which, although it starts in 11,000 BC, concentrates on developments in the last 100 years. There is also a filmography of indigenous films and videos.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• British Journal of Canadian Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eAlia should be commended for revealing a world of indigenous media use. This wide-ranging study lays a foundation for the study of how indigenous people use new media technologies, and future researchers of indigenous media use will want to use this book as a starting point.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Anthropos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eAlia has crafted an accessible book for many audiences. It is easy to read; includes critical theory that is relevant, applicable and understandable; and flows through the many points of entry for indigenous people into the new media nation…The book is scholarly, yet it also reveals the depth and span of networks created by the new media nation that can be enhanced through awareness. \u003c\/em\u003eThe New Media Nation\u003cem\u003e is brave and hopeful. As a document of the many instances of indigenous media, it captures events, experiences and testimony. It is also innately reflective of a network of global resistance, linking many indigenous groups’ affirmation of identity through the new media.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• The International Journal of Communication\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tNotes on Language and Research Methods\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: \u003c\/strong\u003eHow I Came to Be Here\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eScattered Voices, Global Vision\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003ePathways and Obstacles: Government Policy and Media (Mis)Representation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eLessons from Canada: Amplifying Indigenous Voices\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eTurning the Camera and Microphone on Oneself\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eWe Have Seen the Future: ‘Standing with Legs in Both Cultures’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tChronology of Key Events and Developments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix: \u003c\/strong\u003eStatement of Principles for Native News Network of Canada\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eFilmography: \u003c\/strong\u003eIndigenous Films, Videos and Audio Recordings\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tNotes\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038913102167,"sku":"9780857456069","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857456069.jpg?v=1750941913","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-new-media-nation-9780857456069","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}