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There is now an extensive literature which explores the relationship between ethnic identities and the media. A specific sub-set of this academic and policy debate has addressed the unique status of indigenous peoples and their relationship to the media and systems of communication (Langton, 1993; Browne, 1996; Alia, 1999; Hartley and McKee, 2000; and Molnar and Meadows, 2001). In seeking to explore the development of the Sámi media it is appropriate to acknowledge the salience of post-modernism as a theoretical position within academic and public discourse, and its impact in now making it normative to recognize the complexity of subjectivities and collective identities in the contemporary world. The transnational reach of biographic and political affiliations, encapsulated in the concept of diasporic identities, extend and transform our understanding of ethnicity. At the same time, recognizing the significance of the current debates around globalisation and the impact of late modernity we are urged to recognize the capacity of new communication systems to contribute to the fragmentation of identities nurtured by a super abundance of communicative choice.
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Markelin, L., Husband, C. (2007). The Sámi Media, State Broadcasting and Transnational Indigeneity. In: Bailey, O.G., Georgiou, M., Harindranath, R. (eds) Transnational Lives and the Media. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230591905_7
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