The heritage of Brexit: Roles of the past in the construction of political identities through social media

Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 174 - 192
Published: Mar 9, 2018
Abstract
This article assesses the role of the pre-modern past in the construction of political identities relating to the UK’s membership in the European Union by examining how materials and ideas from Iron Age to Early Medieval Britain and Europe were leveraged by those who discussed the topic of Brexit in over 1.4 million messages published in dedicated Facebook pages. Through a combination of data-intensive and qualitative investigations of textual...
Paper Details
Title
The heritage of Brexit: Roles of the past in the construction of political identities through social media
Published Date
Mar 9, 2018
Volume
18
Issue
2
Pages
174 - 192
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