David Drissel is a professor of social sciences at Iowa Central Community College. He is a two-time Fulbright Scholar (China, Czech-Slovak Republics), Oxford Roundtable alumnus, and Cambridge University published author.

(See my biography page for more information).


Publications:
Urban Schism, Social Strains: Exploring the Collective Identities of Youth in Contemporary Belfast

This article investigates how urban spatial changes have influenced the transformation of collective identities in contemporary Belfast, Northern Ireland, and features an ethnographic study of local teenagers and young adults.

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Online Jihadism for the Hip-Hop Generation: Mobilizing Diasporic Muslim Youth in Cyberspace

This paper investigates the online adoption and diffusion of pan-Islamic/Jihadist social networks and collective identities among diasporic Muslim youth, with an emphasis on the role of MySpace and hip-hop music.

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Digitizing Dharma: Computer-Mediated Mobilizations of Tibetan Buddhist Youth

The role of computer-mediated communication in stimulating and facilitating Tibetan Buddhist youth participation in the Tibetan freedom movement is explored in depth by this paper.

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Reinventing Rebellion: Alternative Youth Subcultures in Post-Tiananmen China

This paper is an ethnographic study of Western-influenced Chinese youth subcultures, including hybridized identities such as linglei (alternative), xin xinrenlei (new new human beings), pangke (“punk”), and panni (“rebel").

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