Paddy Hoey

Shinners, Dissos and Dissenters: Irish Republican Media Activism Since the Good Friday Agreement

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Produktbeschreibung

Newspapers, magazines and pamphlets have always been central, almost sacred, forms of communication within Irish republican political culture. While social media is becoming the central ideological battleground in many democracies, Irish republicanism steadfastly expresses itself in the traditional forms of activist journalism. Shinners, Dissos and Dissenters is a long-term analysis of the development of Irish republican activist media since 1998 and the tumultuous years following the end of the Troubles. It is the first in-depth analysis of the newspapers, magazines and online spaces in which the differing strands of Irish republicanism developed and were articulated during a period where schism and dissent defined a return to violence. Based on an analysis of Irish republican media outlets as well as interviews with the key activists that produced them, this book provides a compelling long-term snapshot of a political ideology in transition. It reveals how Irish Republicanism was moulded by the twin forces of the Northern Ireland Peace Process and the violent internal ideological schism that threatened a return to the 'bad old days' of the Troubles. This book is vital for those studying Irish politics and those interested in activism as it provides new insights into the role that modern activist media forms have played in the ideological development of a 200-year-old political tradition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lund University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781526114242
• ISBN-10: 1526114240
• Artikelnr.: 48965424

Autorenporträt

Paddy Hoey is a Lecturer in Media and Politics at Edge Hill University in Lancashire

Inhaltsangabe

1. Northern Ireland, the public sphere and activist media 2. Republicanism
since 1998: Shinners 3. Republicanism since 1998: Dissos and dissenters 4.
Sinn Féin, An Phoblacht and the life and slow death of the Irish republican
newspaper 5. A republican digital counterculture? Fourthwrite and the
Blanket 6. New forms of republican (in)activism: éirígí and RNU 7. Epilogue
- Brexit, the border and nationalism's bounce back Bibliography Index