Sammanfattning Mediers framväxt har lämnat fåtal delar av samhället orörda. Idag är olika medier närvarande i många delar av den moderna människans vardag, till exempel för kommunikation och nyhetsförmedling. Medier har kommit att användas av olika politiska organisationer för att sprida dess ideologi. Medieanvändningen har även visat sig vara effektiv för mobilisering av radikalnationalister. Tidigare forskning visar att sociala medier kan fungera som en grogrund för radikalisering och extremism, där högerradikala grupper sprider och förstärker sina antidemokratiska ideologier. Att observera dessa grupper för att förstå hur de attraherar och engagerar nya anhängare och medlemmar är viktigt för att bidra till forskningen om extremistiska miljöer i Sverige. Studien observerar den partipolitiskt oorganiserade organisationen Nordfront, som bedriver nyhetsrapportering samt innehar en inofficiell chattgrupp. Med hjälp av netnografisk observation tillika innehållsanalys utifrån teorier om digital interaktion och radikalisering identifieras hur digitala funktioner bidrar till att reproducera en stark antisemitisk och antidemokratisk diskurs. Studien visar också att ett medlemskap i gruppchatten samt att delta i dess diskussioner ökar risken för individer att radikaliseras. / Abstract  The emergence of media has left few parts of the community inviolated. A various amount of medias are present in the everyday life of the modern human, for example for communication and news. Medias has come to be used of a variety of political organizations for the spread of their ideology. Media use has appeared to be efficient for mobilization of radical nationalists. Previous research shows that social medias can operate as fertile soil for radicalization and extremism, where far right groups distribute and reenforces their anti-democratic ideologies. Observing these groups, in order to understand how they attract and engage new supporters and members is important for contributing to science regarding extremist enviroments in Sweden. The study observes the non-party organized organization Nordfront, that prosecutes reporting news and posesses a inofficial chat group. Using netnografic observations together with content analysis, and with theories concerning digital interaction and radicalization, it is shown that digital functions contributes to reproduce a strong antisemetic and antidemocratic discourse. The study also shows that a membership in the group chat and also being a part of its discussions increases the risk of radicalization of individuals.

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Zionism represents a turning point in the rise of the nation-state to its present near-ubiquity, a national movement which did not construct an identity concurrently with its embrace of nationalism, but reconstructed a diaspora to fit it. I explore how early Political Zionists, particularly Theodor Herzl, perceived both the push and pull of nationalism, and why they were drawn to adopt an ideology and political structure whose basic principles, I argue, were intrinsically hostile to Jews. I begin by examining the socialist Moses Hess as a forerunner and microcosm of later Zionism, arguing his work is underpinned by anxiety about social heterogeneity. The second chapter focuses on portrayals of diaspora, its contradictions and the ambivalence they caused towards less assimilated Jews, nonetheless used as models for national identity. I continue by investigating the countries Herzl looked to as partners on the world stage and models of nationhood, arguing his vision of nationhood was far broader than that of most nationalists and involved a recognised role among other nations. The fourth chapter concerns understandings of 'homeland' and the relationship between people and territory, concluding Zionism's effect is achieved, not just by inhabiting Palestine, but by public desire and effort to do so. I devote my final chapter to concepts of modernity, its perception as both paradoxical and inescapable, and how national historical narratives arrange history into a rational, linear structure. While Zionists left many presumptions of nationalism and modernity unchallenged, most importantly that both nation and state transcend political divides, my conclusion stresses those presumptions they accepted, those aspects they saw as inescapable, and those they pragmatically performed belief in, to achieve Gentile acceptance of Jewish nationhood. I surmise that it was this sense of inevitability, along with the difficulties of diaspora, which gave Jews reason to make displays of accepting the nation-state.

This thesis aims to investigate social integration experiences of Nigerian students in the United Kingdom, focusing on the influence off participating in social activities and building connections with the local community. The research aims to understand how these factors contribute to the overall social integration of Nigerian students in the United Kingdom. Study shows that many of the participants form meaningful social connections with natives in their host communities. However, few expressed a preference for maintaining cultural boundaries and avoiding social connections. Findings show that, sense of belonging within the host community was found to be influenced by personal ideologies, experiences, cultural background, and attitudes. The outcome of this study provides deeper understanding of the challenges faced by migrants during the process of acculturation, it also reiterates the significance of establishing inclusive and supportive environments to facilitate migrants’ integration into the host community.

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The thesis inquires into the role of the Christian Churches in the ethnic and communal conflicts of the Third World. Often times summoned to intervene, churches can instigate, ignore, or seek to reconcile the inter-communal tensions and strife which wreak havoc on the development of these societies. Church response to reconcile the rival claims of divergent ethnic communities is, however, not necessarily impelled purely by doctrinal directives. The institutional interests of the church as well as other priorities often qualify the role of the churches as peace-makers. Using empirical evidence from Fiji, Guyana, and Trinidad, the thesis focuses mainly on the conciliatory role of the churches in these conflicts. It seeks to ascertain whether the churches, over the years and in different cultural milieux, have evolved a body of experiential resources in resolving or assuaging these conflicts. In the end, the thesis attempts to answer the question whether there is or can be a Christian mode of ethnic conflict resolution.

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Thessaloniki, a city with an Ottoman, Byzantine, and Sephardic past, is located in the Balkan area of Macedonia, in northern Greece. Its history is the story of people who have come from someplace else. For several hundred years, the majority population of the city was comprised of Spanish speaking Sephardic Jews who contributed to all aspects of the development of the city. This significant presence is no longer visible unless one specifically knows where to look for its traces. It is not a history that has been silenced or erased, but rather obliterated. In this dissertation, I present the documented presence and transformations of the Jewish population in Thessaloniki from the earliest contributions to present day. This work on absence uses visual anthropology to explore the present day urban environment through an ethnographic account of the city of Thessaloniki. . This is a work about what happens when intentionally omitted histories remain absent from the public sphere. What remains physically present but unrepresented proves equally important in creating and reinforcing memory. Our relationship to our environment also may be compromised by what is absent. This project examines absence through the circumstances by which the past is represented in the present, and looks at how the past is experienced in ways that may be used to invoke, challenge, or re-direct the way a community is remembered. / by Nancy Carol Stein. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2013. / Includes bibliography. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / System requirements: Adobe Reader.