Hegemony in the digital age the Arab/Israeli conflict online /

Marmura, Stephen M. E., 1965-

Hegemony in the digital age the Arab/Israeli conflict online / [electronic resource] : Stephen M.E. Marmura. - Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2008. - x, 173 p. - Critical media studies . - Critical media studies. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-168) and index.

Acknowledgements -- Introduction : identity and authority in the age of networks -- Aims and scope -- Key terms and concepts -- Political mobilization -- The Web as a mass medium -- War on the Web -- Ideology and civil society -- Net-based activism and American Mid-East policy -- Grassroots mobilization and political opportunity -- Activism and the Net : relevant precedents -- Contemporary peace camp activism -- Net-based activism and American Mid-East policy -- Public opinion -- Backdrop : the mainstream media as a legitimating identity -- The Web as an alternative mass medium -- The voice of legitimacy : CNN.com and the Arab/Israeli conflict -- Introduction -- CNN.com's "land of conflict" -- Dominant themes and validity claims -- Anchoring authority in a de-centered medium -- Closing remarks -- Hate and holy war on the WWW -- Confronting the other -- Stormfront.org : promoting the cause of "White nationalism" -- Kahane.org : fighting to eliminate Israel's "Arab cancer" -- Radioislam.org : defending Islam and the West from the "Jewish threat" -- Closing remarks -- Hate and holy war on the WWW -- The struggle for influence -- Social movement integration and growth -- Building alliances : virtual and real -- Discussion -- Hegemony reconsidered : the Internet, civil society, and social fragmentation.


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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.


Electronic books.

DS119.7 / .M3133 2008

956.04