Hegemony in the digital age : the Arab/Israeli conflict online / Stephen M.E. Marmura.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marmura, Stephen M. E., 1965-

Series:

Critical media studies.

Critical media studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict--Mass media and the conflict.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

World Wide Web--Political aspects.

World Wide Web.

Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.

Middle East.

United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the relative benefits which the internet provides to a range of weak and powerful actors in American society. The Arab/Israeli conflict is utilized as a topic holding common interest to all of those considered. Evidence suggests that the Web's exploitation by countless competing interests is contributing to the consolidation of dominant discourses and policies surrounding American Mid-East policy, while exacerbating processes of social fragmentation in civil society.

Contents:

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

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"

The struggle for influence

Social movement integration and growth

Building alliances : virtual and real

Discussion

Hegemony reconsidered : the Internet, civil society, and social fragmentation.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-32295-5

1-282-71323-X

9786612713231

0-7391-4654-8

OCLC:

670122164