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100 1 $aLangmia, Kehbuma.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008035314
245 14 $aThe internet and the construction of the immigrant public sphere :$bthe case of the Cameroonian diaspora /$cKehbuma Langmia.
260 $aLanham, Md. :$bUniversity Press of America,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $axvi, 97 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 91-94) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction -- $tBackground Information -- $tBrief History of Cameroon -- $tMotivation -- $tTheoretical Framework -- $tStatement of Problem -- $tResearch questions -- $tOperational definition of terms -- $g2.$tOverview of Related Literature -- $tInternet and Citizens Action -- $tWomen and Internet use -- $tMinorities and the Internet -- $tVirtual versus physical reality of the Internet -- $g3.$tMethodology -- $tDescription of Population -- $tResearch Design -- $tInstrumentation -- $tData Collection -- $tAnalytical procedures -- $g4.$tFindings/Results -- $tDominant Discourse -- $tBiya's Re-election is Inevitable -- $tPro-Biya Thread -- $tOppositional Discourse -- $g5.$tParallel Discourses -- $tParallel Discourse (A) -- $tParallel Discourse (B) -- $g6.$tDiscussion and Theoretical Interpretation of Findings -- $tOverview -- $tTheoretical implications -- $tMethodological implications -- $tDominant themes -- $tGender differences -- $tLimitations and Future Research.
520 1 $a"This study builds on Habermas and other leading feminist authors' conceptualization of the democratic public sphere, which is central to Habermas' theory of communicative action. This study's theoretical framework incorporates elements of the African experience in order to examine the dominant oppositional, and parallel themes that arose from four Cameroonian websites just before the national presidential election in 2004. The methodology adapts Jager's critical discourse analytical (CDA) framework, which was deemed an appropriate methodology because it sought not only to analyze the linguistic component of the discourse in the four websites, but more importantly to examine the holistic structure of the discourse that is its history and context." "This study concludes that gender disparity existed in the dialogue between Cameroonian men and women. Cameroonian men were more dominant than the women in the discourse on the central themes involving the Cameroonian presidential election of 2004. The all-female website was more focused on the infrastructural development of Cameroon. Lastly, these findings suggest that future studies should focus on the ways that the Cameroonians and other Diasporic populations utilize the Internet to create alternative discursive spaces for political and social purposes."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aInformation society$zCameroon.
650 0 $aInternet$xSocial aspects$zCameroon.
650 0 $aCyberspace$xSocial aspects$zCameroon.
651 0 $aCameroon$xEmigration and immigration$xSocial aspects.
852 00 $boff,leh$hHM851$i.L35 2008g