Hegemony in the digital age
Subtitle: the Arab/Israeli conflict online
By: Stephen M.E. Marmura.
Series: Critical media studies
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9780739117729
Subjects: Arab-Israeli conflict -- Mass media and the conflict; World Wide Web -- Political aspects; Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-168) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction : identity and authority in the age of networks; title: Aims and scope; title: Key terms and concepts; title: Political mobilization; title: The Web as a mass medium; title: War on the Web; title: Ideology and civil society; title: Net-based activism and American Mid-East policy; title: Grassroots mobilization and political opportunity; title: Activism and the Net : relevant precedents; title: Contemporary peace camp activism; title: Net-based activism and American Mid-East policy; title: Public opinion; title: Backdrop : the mainstream media as a legitimating identity; title: The Web as an alternative mass medium; title: The voice of legitimacy : CNN.com and the Arab/Israeli conflict; title: Introduction; title: CNN.com's "land of conflict"; title: Dominant themes and validity claims; title: Anchoring authority in a de-centered medium; title: Closing remarks; title: Hate and holy war on the WWW; title: Confronting the other; title: Stormfront.org : promoting the cause of "White nationalism"; title: Kahane.org : fighting to eliminate Israel's "Arab cancer"; title: Radioislam.org : defending Islam and the West from the "Jewish threat"; title: Closing remarks; title: Hate and holy war on the WWW; title: The struggle for influence; title: Social movement integration and growth; title: Building alliances : virtual and real; title: Discussion; title: Hegemony reconsidered : the Internet, civil society, and social fragmentation.