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    Regarding the role of media, nation formation, he did not explain exactly how media helps people imagine the company. Anderson makes a valid argument that newspapers can reproduce nationality. The fact that people have the same daily media habit produces a feeling of nationality. But it doesn't seem so simple. Billing (1994, p. 125) criticizes Anderson's idea by arguing that “ritual can reproduce division, rather than a general sense of sporting community. » Furthermore, he argues that “imagined communities” are more about assuming that the nation exists as a point of reference. Billing appears to provide clearer evidence of how media helps build communities. Billing coins the phrase “banal nationalism,” meaning that national media constantly “report” national identity using everyday symbols that keep nationality alive. Additionally, Appadurai (1990) suggests that 5 types of flows shape our sense of belonging. It highlights the complexity between many flows. By presenting “imagined worlds,” Appadurai challenges Anderson's idea that the national reference is somehow too natural. Anderson assumes that the media image we receive from the media corresponds to the ideological feeling we experience. However, Appadurai highlights the fact that many conflicting images from national and other media can distract from the communities to which we belong. “Media landscapes” can indeed be very complex. We have a complex sense