Shan virtual insurgency and the spectatorship of the nation

The Shan State Army-South (SSA-S) is today one of Burma's largest remaining ethnic opposition armies. This paper investigates ethnic politics of the SSA-S and their strategic use of media. It argues that Shan insurgency today has moved into a new phase characterised by its intense involvement w...

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Main Author:	Amporn Jirattikorn
Format:	Journal
Published:	2018
Subjects:	Arts and Humanities Social Sciences
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spelling	th-cmuir.6653943832-496542018-09-04T04:31:12Z Shan virtual insurgency and the spectatorship of the nation Amporn Jirattikorn Arts and Humanities Social Sciences The Shan State Army-South (SSA-S) is today one of Burma's largest remaining ethnic opposition armies. This paper investigates ethnic politics of the SSA-S and their strategic use of media. It argues that Shan insurgency today has moved into a new phase characterised by its intense involvement with mass media. The paper examines, on the production side, the Shan insurgency's media products and its networking with the Thai press. On the reception side, it explores how the images of ethnic insurgency are consumed by Shan audiences living in exile, analysing how long-distance Shan nationalism is generated through the spectatorship of these 'militarised' images. © 2011 The National University of Singapore. 2018-09-04T04:05:01Z 2018-09-04T04:05:01Z 2011-02-01 Journal 14740680 00224634 2-s2.0-79952923888 10.1017/S0022463410000524 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=79952923888&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/49654
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spellingShingle	Arts and Humanities Social Sciences Amporn Jirattikorn Shan virtual insurgency and the spectatorship of the nation
description	The Shan State Army-South (SSA-S) is today one of Burma's largest remaining ethnic opposition armies. This paper investigates ethnic politics of the SSA-S and their strategic use of media. It argues that Shan insurgency today has moved into a new phase characterised by its intense involvement with mass media. The paper examines, on the production side, the Shan insurgency's media products and its networking with the Thai press. On the reception side, it explores how the images of ethnic insurgency are consumed by Shan audiences living in exile, analysing how long-distance Shan nationalism is generated through the spectatorship of these 'militarised' images. © 2011 The National University of Singapore.
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title	Shan virtual insurgency and the spectatorship of the nation
title_short	Shan virtual insurgency and the spectatorship of the nation
title_full	Shan virtual insurgency and the spectatorship of the nation
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Shan virtual insurgency and the spectatorship of the nation

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