CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Dumitras, Rares Alin |
|---|---|
| Title | Imagining the Nation: Mythical Structures in Representations of National Identity of the Romanian Communities in Serbia and Ukraine. A Comparative Discourse Analysis of Online News Data |
| Summary | This thesis looks into how the identities of Romanian speaking minorities in Serbia (Vlachs and Romanians) and Ukraine (Moldovans and Romanians) are constructed in the online media to stimulate the emotions of Romanian nation members. I show how the media disseminate myths embedded in a “homeland nationalism” ideology to appeal for the improvement of minority rights status and a unified collective identification of the Romanian speaking minorities in Serbia and Ukraine. The research draws on the theoretical concepts of homeland nationalism (Brubaker 2009), “macro-s trategiesȁ d; of constructing national identity (Wodak 1999) and nationalist myths (Schöpflin 1997, Smith 2000). The main body of data analyzed in this research is formed of articles that where published in 2010 and 2011 on two on-line platforms, Timoc Press and Romanian Global News, that report about Romanians living abroad. The findings indicate that the media employs mythical structures of decay and regeneration to raise awareness about the status of the Romanian communities in Serbia and Ukraine. The myth of historical decline which affected the communities in the past is present in both categories of articles (on Serbia or Ukraine), but the contemporary decay of the nation is given a different framing depending on the minority on which the media is reporting. When referring to the Romanians living in Serbia, the mythical decline of the nation appears mostly in conjunction with the regeneration theme, whereas for the case of Ukraine it exists as an independent pattern. |
| Supervisor | Lea Sgier |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/dumitras_rares.pdf |
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