Jaffer Sheyholislami
Kurdish Identity, Discourse, and New Media
Palgrave Macmillan
Henny Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication Series editor: Philip Seib, University of Southern California (USA)
Editorial Board Members: Hussein Amin, American University in Cairo (Egypt) Robin Brown, University of Leeds (UK) Eytan Gilboa, Bar-Ilan University (Israel) Steven Livingston, George Washington University (USA) Robin Mansell, London School of Economics and Political Science (UK) Holli Semetko, Emory University (USA) Ingrid Volkmer, University of Melbourne (Australia)
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Kurdish identity, discourse, and new media By Jaffer Sheyholislami
Kurdish identity, discourse, and new media Copyright © Jaffer Sheyholislami, 2011. All rights reserved.
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ISBN: 978–0–230–10985–8
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sheyholislami, Jaffer, 1960– Kurdish identity, discourse, and new media / Jaffer Sheyholislami. p. cm.—(Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication) Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978–0–230–10985–8 (alk. paper)
1. Mass media—Political aspects—Kurdistan. 2. Mass media and nationalism—Kurdistan. 3. Internet—Political aspects—Kurdistan. 4. Group identity—Kurdistan I. Title.
P95.82.K87S54 2010 302.2308919597—dc22 / 2010046032
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