New media, identity, and Arab youth in Britain

Al Agha, K. (2015) New media, identity, and Arab youth in Britain. Doctoral thesis. The University of Northampton.

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Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Abstract:	The role of the new media in young people’s lives has led to a debate about the potential of the internet as a means of influencing identity formation and youth participation. A growing body of academic research has shown an interest in understanding this influence. This thesis sets out to study political participation as a form of online engagement through the use of the various new media platforms and how it may affect the process of identity development of Arab youth in Britain. Prior to the recent political developments in the Middle East and the so-called ‘Arab Spring’, British Arab youth were suffering identity uncertainty and had expressed little interest in political participation. During the early stages of the Arab Spring, British Arab youth became involved, in one way or another, in political activities, mainly online. This research combines quantitative and qualitative methodologies in order to achieve accurate results. The targeted group for this study is those between 18 and 25 years old, who were born in Britain or have been living continuously in Britain for at least 10 years. Data collected includes a total of 178 questionnaire samples, and forty individual semi-structured interviews. The core argument of this study is that British Arab youth are willing to participate in politics as long as it is meaningful to them and to the people of their countries of origin. This engagement helps them to balance their cultural identity (Arab) with the host culture (British). That may not contradict with the fact that British Arab youth describe Britain as ‘home’ with confidence. In fact, the balance between Arab and British cultures serves as a stabiliser in the process of identity formation and reformation. The thesis also explores how this active political engagement is reflected, in general, on their own identity construction and development. The evidences of this study suggest that, while online media has a role in providing British Arab youth with accessible and effective online tools, the mechanism of participating and debating all issues without reservation, may contradict the cultural heritage of stepping back from political participation. Therefore, this research affirms the importance of online media tools for British Arab youth reaching new horizons. Participating in political activities is one form of negotiating identity formation or reformation, that in one way or another can contribute to a more effective role of the British Arab community in the public, political and cultural spheres of multicultural Britain.
Additional Information:	This is one of the first studies concerning the British Arab youth in Britain.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Online media, Arab youth, identity, British Arab youth, political particpation, online engagment
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology > HM1206 Mass media in society H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Women > HQ799.5 Young men and women J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) > JF799 Political rights. Political participation T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering > TK5101 Telecommunication > TK5105.888 Web development. Blogs. Wikis. RSS feeds. Twitter
Creators:	Al Agha, Khalil
Department:	School of Social Sciences
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:	University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Health & Society > Theses (Health & Society) University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > School of Social Sciences (to 2016) > Theses
Date:	16 September 2015
Date Type:	Completion
Number of Pages:	335
Language:	English
Status:	Unpublished
Institution:	The University of Northampton
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