Palestine Online (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Miriyam Aouragh | knygos.lt

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For Palestine's diaspora and exiled communities, the internet has become an important medium for the formation of Palestinian national and transnational identity. Miriyam Aouragh looks at the internet as both a space and an instrument for linking Palestinian diasporas in Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon. She closely examines the uses and limits of internet technology under conditions of war, along with the ways in which virtual participation enables the generation of new ideals for political reconciliation and self-determination. Through the internet, participants reconstruct a virtual OCyPalestinian homelandOCO, gain a space for recovering the past, for overcoming issues of mobility, and for generating social change. This book provides a new angle on those affected by the Israeli-Palestine conflict, and furthers understanding about the connection between electronic media, politics and national identity more widely._x000D__x000D_'Miriyam Aouragh's book breaks new ground in the study of Palestinian society. Providing us with vital empirical data on how the Palestinians use the internet and other online services to resist and cope with living under Israeli occupation, it is a recommended reading to anyone interested in studying the use of information technology in conflict situations.'_x000D_Elia Zureik, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario