For what it is worth i'd also recommend looking at some of Anderson's later work ie 1992) Long Distance Nationalism: World Capitalism and the Rise of Identity Politics, CASA, Amsterdam. (1994) “Exodus”, Critical Inquiry, Vol. 20, Winter, pp 314-27 from memory these are about the kinds of effects long-distance community has on the 'homeland' and the construction of national identities and to self promote although perhaps not quite relevantly as there is only a passing reference to anderson, there is quite a bit about national identities, community and so on, and their construction and effects in an internet group, in my ethnography: 'Living on Cybermind' Peter Lang 2007. jon
I'm seeking out references to Benedict Anderson's theory of "imagined communities" in relation to the Internet and how new technologies enable the construction of national identities. Certainly this is mentioned in Ananda Mitra's chapter "Virtual Commonality: Looking for India on the Internet" in Virtual Culture edited by Steven Jones and in S. Jones' chapter in the same book "The Internet and its Social Landscape. Mark Poster (1999) National Identities and Communications Technologies in The Information Society 15:4, 235-240 is another reference. But if there are any other references where people apply the theory in their research or discuss it please let me know.
Many thanks.
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