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Digital institutions: the case of ethnic websites in the Netherlands.
- Source :
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Identities . Aug2020, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p442-461. 20p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- This paper argues that ethnic websites function as digital institutions in their community and foster group identity. In doing so, we add to the literature on institutions in two ways: first, we contribute to the concept of institutions by adding the concept of scripts that captures specific recurrent activities and patterns of interaction. The addition of scripts as a requirement of institutions solves the fuzziness problem since they compel us to specify the behaviour and clarifies how scripts fit ethnic websites. Second, we reveal how ethnic websites unite a wide range of functions – notably, as a means of communication, as a platform on which community members can address ethnic issues, as a device through which to build networks, and as a place from which to download materials in the ethnic community – thus fostering the identity of the ethnic group. We substantiate our argument with data from three ethnic groups in the Netherlands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *WEBSITES
*GROUP identity
*ETHNIC groups
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1070289X
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Identities
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 144848234
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1070289X.2018.1519239