Mediating which nation? Citizenship and national identities in the British press

Social Semiotics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 327-344

  Rosie, Michael ^a   Petersoo, Pille ^b   Macinnes, John ^a,c   Condor, Susan ^d   Kennedy, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banal nationalism; Citizenship; Imagined communities; Mass media; National identities; UK newspapers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547334795     PISSN: 10350330     EISSN: 14701219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10350330600664896     Document Type: Article

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