Description
This book addresses the social and political landscape of Internet usage in Israel, and studies the formation of a networked information society in the "hi-tech nation". As Israel is considered a highly technologically developed country, it could serve as a model to assess and compare the performance and prospects of the Internet in other countries as well.
Chapters address a range of issues, including the diffusion of the Internet to Israel, religion and the Internet in the Israeli Jewish context, Internet-based planned encounters between Israeli-Jews and Palestinians and between Jews and Arabs in Israel, online journalism and user-generated content, Israeli public relations online, Internet usage by Israeli parliamentarians, parties and candidates, as well as audiences, and the facilitation of personalized politics through personal sites of politicians.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Israel Affairs.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 High-tech nation, Gideon Doron; Chapter 2 The diffusion of the Internet to Israel, Nicholas A. John; Chapter 3 A revised look at online journalism in Israel, Dan Caspi; Chapter 4 Religion and the Internet in the Israeli Orthodox context, Heidi Campbell; Chapter 5 Internet, conflict and dialogue, Ronit Kampf; Chapter 6 Israeli public relations and the Internet, Ruth Avidar; Chapter 7 User generated content in the Israeli online journalism landscape, Idit Manosevitch; Chapter 8 MK websites and the personalization of Israeli politics, Lior Livak, Azi Lev-On, Gideon Doron; Chapter 9 Online Israeli politics, Sharon Haleva-Amir;
