MAS104 Lecture 2: MAS104- lecture 2
16 May 2018
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MAS104 – Australian media – lecture 2 – 6.3.18
Nationalism –
1. What is national identity?
o Originally described as share ethnicity, language, culture etc.
o Has now evolved to civic values
o atio-state – shared culture and heritage, shared historic territory, feeling
of national togetherness.
o The emergence of the nation:
▪ The nation is a product of many of the same systems and ways of
thinking that came before it
▪ Decline in the power and reach of religion
▪ Increased mobility
▪ atioal prit laguages
▪ Decline in the power and reach of monarchies.
The nation as functional
o National unity and identity
o atio states deelop iitiaties, priorities ad legislatio to reifore or
encourage the belief that the people within their territory are culturally
hoogeous. Elder , p.
➢ Borders/land
➢ Currency
➢ Language
➢ Government
➢ Anthem
➢ Defence force
➢ Flag
➢ History
➢ Values
➢ Days of significance/ public holidays
o Notio of protetio of our orders – to protet the Australia ay of life –
this binds a community against the invasion of difference.
o The nation is something that was creates
o The nation is possible because of the ways of thinking that came before
2. How does national identity operate?
o Natioalis = the feelig of attahet to the ulture of that atio elder
o atioalis a hae produtie effets; a sese of shared destiy ad
sameness encourages citizens to act in ways that may benefit the general
ouity, ut ot theseles persoally elders
o Something which is constantly changing
o Erasure of indigenous identity – hite dued atio
o Understanding nationalism:
o Concepts:
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Document Summary
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