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Imagining the C anadian Internet: A Case of Discursive Nationalization of Technology
Author(s) -
Dumitrica Delia
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
studies in ethnicity and nationalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.204
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1754-9469
pISSN - 1473-8481
DOI - 10.1111/sena.12152
Subject(s) - nationalism , context (archaeology) , the internet , sociology , resource (disambiguation) , political science , media studies , discourse analysis , law , politics , history , linguistics , computer science , world wide web , computer network , philosophy , archaeology
This article explores the discursive nationalization of the Internet in the context of C anadian new media policy. A textual analysis of the federal policy documents on new media (1994–2001) brings forth four discursive strategies through which technology is temporarily articulated as a material, economic, and spatial resource for the C anadian nation. It is argued that nationalism remains an important mechanism to legitimize policy recommendations. More importantly, nationalism is a means through which the format and social roles of an unknown and emerging technology become imagined in official discourse.