Muslims,identity and multimodal communication on the internet |
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Authors: | Kristin Zahra Sands |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Religion, Sarah Lawrence College, 1 Mead Way, Bronxville, NY 10708, USA |
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Abstract: | The Internet provides a space and medium within which Muslims can shape the relationship between their religious identity
and their social and political affiliations. The subjectivities of Muslims who use online space are in turn shaped by the
parameters and possibilities of the Internet’s architecture and language. The multiple linkages of online spaces and the particular
vernacular spoken in these spaces, a mix of written text, imagery and sound, privilege new kinds of actors and new forms of
expressive and rhetorical activities. In this new space and medium, the question of imagining (or rejecting) a global Muslim
identity demonstrates the subtle interplay involved in the formation of religious and media subjectivities. Developing a critical
understanding of multimodal representation and communication is an essential component in studying Muslim engagement with
the Internet. |
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