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

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.

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

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.

• 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