Digital nationalism as an emergent subfield of nationalism studies. The state of the field and key issues

ABSTRACT

This paper will discuss recent developments in the field of digital nationalism, presenting some of the more recent scholarship in this emergent subfield of nation studies, as well as discussing key issues and potential research questions for future research. Following introductory remarks on the study of nations and nationalisms in their offline forms, I will proceed to the discussion of the most recent studies in the new subfield of digital nationalism. Drawing from the work of digital nationalism scholars, I will also offer several research questions for further study in the field.

KEYWORDS:

• Nationalism
• digital nationalism
• online nationalism
• social media
• online collective identity

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Piotr Ahmad

Piotr Ahmad is an Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream) in the Department of History and Sociology at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan), where he teaches courses in introduction to sociology, political sociology, and social inequalities. His research interests focus on the history and theory of nationalism and on intersections of ethnicity, citizenship, and nationalism.