The Somali media, diaspora communities and the concept of conflict re-creation

Osman, Idil 2015. The Somali media, diaspora communities and the concept of conflict re-creation. JOMEC Journal 7 , pp. 1-14. 10.18573/j.2015.10006

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Abstract

Somalia has for more than two decades been in a perpetual state of conflict and more than a million Somalis have fled the initial civil war. They have formed a substantial diaspora community and have set up their own websites and TV stations to remain engaged with the happenings of their homeland. Diasporic media is often hailed as a medium that allows immigrants to maintain their identity in their host country as well as providing a platform to sustain ties with their homeland. However, if these ties are being maintained with a homeland that is in a state of conflict, there is very much a possibility that the dynamics of the conflict will be transported and re-created amongst the diaspora audiences. This article illustrates how diasporic media can re-create conflict, through a theoretically developed and empirically informed argument that provides three distinctly analytical approaches, referred to as the three politics of non-recognition, solidarity and mobilisation. The article argues that diasporic media is more complex than existing scholarship has demonstrated and that there is a need to broaden the scope of current academic debates concerning the interplay between diasporic media, transnationalism and conflict.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Completion
Status:	Published
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DT Africa G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1990 Broadcasting U Military Science > U Military Science (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	migration; diaspora; conflict; Somalia; media; globalisation
Publisher:	Cardiff University Press
ISSN:	2049-2340
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	10 November 2016
Last Modified:	18 May 2023 00:41
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/96008

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