Language and media conjure imagined communities rather than merely emblem them

Evidence

Language, through its forces of standardization and simultaneity, was a vital scaffolder of the imagined community. It was, however, not just an “emblem of nation-ness, like flags, costumes, folk dances and the rest” (Anderson 1991, 133); that is to say, language did not merely reflect nation-ness—it helped conjure it. … Consumed simultaneously by otherwise spatially isolated individuals, commoditized newspapers thus mark the momentous transition from simultaneity across time (history) to simultaneity across space—a mass ceremony substituting for that of daily prayer. — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 89

Categorization

• XREF: The shift from simultaneity across time to across space, and ‘mass ceremony substituting for prayer,’ is the template the reader needs to show how speculation creates its own imagined communities. — connects to: Ethnicity’s romantic appeal wanes when groups multiply and reveal their media construction. — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 738; Imagined communities emerge from capitalism, print, and linguistic diversity — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 411; Material interests and ideologies cannot by themselves shape imagined communities — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 242 (+7 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Ethnicity’s romantic appeal wanes when groups multiply and reveal their media construction. — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 738; Imagined communities emerge from capitalism, print, and linguistic diversity — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 411; Material interests and ideologies cannot by themselves shape imagined communities — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 242 (+7 more)