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Minority Languages, Nationalism and Broadcasting: The British and Irish Examples
Author(s) -
Cormack Mike
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
nations and nationalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1469-8129
pISSN - 1354-5078
DOI - 10.1111/j.1354-5078.2000.00383.x
Subject(s) - nationalism , broadcasting (networking) , politics , irish , irish nationalism , sociology , minority language , work (physics) , media studies , political science , linguistics , gender studies , law , computer science , computer security , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy
. This paper examines the relationship between nationalist movements and minority languages, with particular emphasis on examples from Britain and Ireland. This relationship is less straightforward than often assumed, and the media's role in it is particularly complex. The varying political uses of minority language broadcasting are discussed, along with the implications of the separation between cultural and political nationalism. The notion of the routine banality of daily broadcasting is used to indicate how such broadcasting can work against nationalist mobilisation. Finally, Ireland is examined in the light of the previous discussion in order to offer an explanation of why it was so far behind many other areas in the provision of minority language broadcasting.