1st Edition

Mediated Muslim Cosmopolitanism New Media and Popular Culture Engagements in Brunei and Malaysia

By Siti Mazidah Mohamad Copyright 2025
156 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages
by Routledge

Mohamad examines the day-to-day experience of virtual and non-tangible mobilities of young Bruneian Malay Muslim and Malaysians, as enabled by popular culture and digital media.  Cosmopolitanism has garnered interest from sociology, political studies, religious studies, geography, and education scholars. Despite this, there are three gaps in the study of Muslim cosmopolitanism. Firstly,... Read more

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Framing Mediated Muslim Cosmopolitanism

3. Exploring Mediated Muslim Cosmopolitanism: Analytical Tools and Youth Digital Engagements

4. Muslim Youths’ Cosmopolitan Sensibilities and Performance

5. Everyday Lived Islam, Religiosities, and Hijab Practices

6. Cosmopolitan Consciousness, Civic Imagination and Digital Activism in Brunei

7. Mediated Muslim Cosmopolitanism and Muslim Youth Culture

References, Index

Biography

Siti Mazidah Mohamad is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at Universiti Brunei Darussalam. She researched Muslim youth culture and engagements with popular culture and new media in Southeast Asia focusing on mobilities, everyday socio‑spatial affective engagements, practices, and realities of young people reflected through various new social media platforms. She has published in numerous prestigious academic journals.