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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910968571903321
• Autore: Marmura Stephen M. E. <1965->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2008
• ISBN: 979-82-16-32295-5; 1-282-71323-X; 9786612713231; 0-7391-4654-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Collana: Critical media studies
• Disciplina: 956.04
• Soggetti: 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
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-168) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.