TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marmura,Stephen M.E.
TI  - Hegemony in the digital age: the Arab/Israeli conflict online 
T2  - Critical media studies
SN  - 0739117726
AV  - DS119.7 .M3133 2008
U1  - 956.04 22
PY  - 2008///]
CY  - Lanham, MD
PB  - Lexington Books
KW  - Arab-Israeli conflict
KW  - Mass media and the conflict
KW  - World Wide Web
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 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
ER  -