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

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Superior document:Critical media studies
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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:Critical media studies.
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Physical Description:x, 173 p.
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Table of 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
  • 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.