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  title info:
    title: Exploring digital spaces
    sub title: combining critical discourse analysis with interviews to study a Muslim blog
  name:
    name part: Evolvi, Giulia
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2018
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: This case study outlines the methodology employed to study a blog, named Yalla, written by young Italian Muslims. Because Italy is a predominantly Catholic country, Islam is often framed as "other" to mainstream culture. As a result, writing a blog can be for Italian Muslims a way to establish a voice in the public debate. This case study discusses two qualitative approaches that were combined to analyze Yalla: (1) Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and (2) interviews with the bloggers. CDA, taking into account power relations embedded in the context of textual production, allowed an understanding of blog narratives as resistive to dominant discourses. In performing CDA, I took into account the peculiar characteristics of blogs, such as their interconnectivity. Interviews with the bloggers helped understanding the motivations and personal experiences behind the blog. While, in some cases, it has been challenging to obtain interviews, this case study shows that sharing details of the research with the interviewees and approaching them in a friendly way can help gaining their trust. Reflections on my positionality as non-Muslim native Italian provided insights on how to approach both CDA and interviews. The lessons learned would be useful for researchers whose focus is on digital media and Internet discourses, and aim at working with minorities. This case study shows that it is possible to analyze a blog in a way that captures different layers of complexity and takes into account not only text, but also the opinions of the bloggers.
  target audience: specialized
  note: Giulia Evolvi.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: e-it---
  subject:
    topic: Muslims
    geographic: Italy
    topic: Social life and customs
  subject:
    topic: Muslims
    topic: Effect of technological innovations on
  subject:
    topic: Discourse analysis
  subject:
    topic: Musulmans
    geographic: Italie
    topic: Mœurs et coutumes
  subject:
    topic: Musulmans
    topic: Effets des innovations sur
  subject:
    topic: Discourse analysis
  subject:
    topic: Muslims
    topic: Social life and customs
  subject:
    geographic: Italy
  classification: DG457.M87 E96 2018
  classification: 658.4012
  related item:
    title info:
      title: SAGE Research Methods
      part name: Cases
  identifier: 9781526447623
  identifier: 1526447622
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: SGPBL
    record creation date: 180104
    record change date: 20240923170026.5
    record identifier: in00005492158
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng