Stephen M. E. Marmura is assistant professor of sociology at St. Francis Xavier University.

• Chapter 1 Table of ContentsChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 1 Introduction: Identity and Authority in the Age of NetworksChapter 4 2 Net-Based Activism and American Mid-East Policy, Part I: Grassroots Mobilization and Political OpportunityChapter 5 3 Net-Based Activism and Mid-East Policy, Part II: Public OpinionChapter 6 4 The Voice of Legitimacy:CNN.com and the Arab/Israeli ConflictChapter 7 5 Hate and Holy War on the WWW, Part I: Confronting the OtherChapter 8 6 Hate and Holy War on the WWW, Part II: The Struggle for InfluenceChapter 9 7 Hegemony Reconsidered: The Internet, Civil Society, and Social FragmentationChapter 10 Works CitedChapter 11 Index

Stephen Marmura has made a signification contribution in this careful examination of the political contest being conducted on the Internet between Arab and Jewish sources.

Stephen M. E. Marmura is assistant professor of sociology at St. Francis Xavier University.

• Chapter 1 Table of ContentsChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 1 Introduction: Identity and Authority in the Age of NetworksChapter 4 2 Net-Based Activism and American Mid-East Policy, Part I: Grassroots Mobilization and Political OpportunityChapter 5 3 Net-Based Activism and Mid-East Policy, Part II: Public OpinionChapter 6 4 The Voice of Legitimacy:CNN.com and the Arab/Israeli ConflictChapter 7 5 Hate and Holy War on the WWW, Part I: Confronting the OtherChapter 8 6 Hate and Holy War on the WWW, Part II: The Struggle for InfluenceChapter 9 7 Hegemony Reconsidered: The Internet, Civil Society, and Social FragmentationChapter 10 Works CitedChapter 11 Index

Stephen Marmura has made a signification contribution in this careful examination of the political contest being conducted on the Internet between Arab and Jewish sources.

Stephen M. E. Marmura is assistant professor of sociology at St. Francis Xavier University.

• Chapter 1 Table of ContentsChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 1 Introduction: Identity and Authority in the Age of NetworksChapter 4 2 Net-Based Activism and American Mid-East Policy, Part I: Grassroots Mobilization and Political OpportunityChapter 5 3 Net-Based Activism and Mid-East Policy, Part II: Public OpinionChapter 6 4 The Voice of Legitimacy:CNN.com and the Arab/Israeli ConflictChapter 7 5 Hate and Holy War on the WWW, Part I: Confronting the OtherChapter 8 6 Hate and Holy War on the WWW, Part II: The Struggle for InfluenceChapter 9 7 Hegemony Reconsidered: The Internet, Civil Society, and Social FragmentationChapter 10 Works CitedChapter 11 Index

Stephen Marmura has made a signification contribution in this careful examination of the political contest being conducted on the Internet between Arab and Jewish sources.