"I Would Rather Be Informed than Misinformed": Critical Conversations Supporting Transnational Religious Identity across Time and Space

Autor/inn/en	Deroo, Matthew R.; Mohamud, I.
Titel	"I Would Rather Be Informed than Misinformed": Critical Conversations Supporting Transnational Religious Identity across Time and Space
Quelle	In: English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 21 (2022) 3, S.254-266 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1108/ETPC-08-2021-0105
Schlagwörter	Muslims; Adolescents; Religious Factors; Immigrants; Social Media; Identification (Psychology); Computer Mediated Communication; Females; Sexual Identity; Critical Theory; Racism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Muslim; Muslimin; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Soziale Medien; Computerkonferenz; Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Kritische Theorie; Rassismus
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how a transnational immigrant youth's engagement on social media supported her identity formation and allowed space to advance more just framing of Islam across school and online communities. Design/methodology/approach: This qualitative study draws on data collected across two years, including interviews, classroom observations and social media posts. Using digital religion and counterstorying as a constructive theoretical frame, the authors asked: What was the role of social media in supporting a transnational immigrant youth's critical media literacy practices within and beyond school. How, if at all, did these practices shift over time? Findings: Findings highlight how I. Mohamud used social media in support of her identity development as a female, Muslim youth in a political climate antithetical to such liberation and how through an online community she engaged in counter stories to negative framing of Islam. Originality/value: Our collaborative writing answers Lam and Warriner's (2012) call for research exploring how individuals from migrant backgrounds interact with "diverse media representations and mobilize different interpretive frames for understanding societal events and personal experiences" (p. 207). Moreover, this study further answers El-Haj and Bonet (2012) call for research investigating "ways that youth inhabit particular identities in specific contexts and interactions and across time"(p. 41). (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01