چکیده:
This article addresses the policy of cultural pluralism in the face of the internet. In the present article, different normative positions regarding cultural pluralism (in the works of Charles Taylor, Jürgen Habermas, Jeremy Waldron, and Nancy Fraser) are theoretically examined. In this regard, three main dilemmas emerge: essentialism or the fluidity of identities; universalism or particularism; and recognition or redistribution. These dilemmas are examined empirically and then through online portals developed by four minority communities in England. Eight portals developed by Black Britons, Indians/South Asians, Chinese, and Muslim communities were analyzed with the view of how these dilemmas are perceived in online environments, and how individuals become committed to these dilemmas to manifest a new type of everyday political behavior. This analysis focused on audiences/interlocutors, communication forms, and users to show that all dilemmas of multiculturalism are implemented online. Following an agonistic model of politics, this article states that the politics of cultural pluralism should be understood as a broad arena for challenging these dilemmas.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The most striking finding of the present analysis is that these internet sites attempt to address and represent minority communities or individual groups in a way that is considered culturally closed, and in doing so, repeat the history and process of community formation with all its deprivations, essentialisms, and simplified forms.
These sites include: Brerrie Culture and Click Walla in service of the South Asian community residing in England; Black Britain and Black Net belonging to the Black community; Salam and Yuki Islamic Mission related to the Muslim community; British Born Chinese and China Town Online covering matters related to the Chinese community.
Although the general public is not explicitly excluded from the ranks of the audiences of these sites, only in half of the eight websites examined in this research are individuals who are not members of minority communities directly addressed: the sites Brerrie Culture, British Born Chinese, China Town Online, and Yuki Islamic Mission all speak to the general public.
In this regard, it seems that the indifference of these websites to the general public causes these minority community portals to repeat the dilemmas of cultural pluralism, especially those that lead to the creation of closed group territories.
Thus, the sites Brerrie Culture, Black Britain, Black Net, Salaam, and Yuki Islamic Mission all have a section containing news articles related to their community.
Furthermore, there is an indication that members outside the community use the sites use them: non-Black users are found in Black Net and Black Britain, non-Muslim users in Salaam and Yuki Islamic Mission, non-Chinese users in British Born Chinese and China Town Online, and non-Asian users in Brife Culture.
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