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Cyberidentities at War: The Moluccan Conflict on the Internet (Easa)
Birgit Brauchler
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Description for Cyberidentities at War: The Moluccan Conflict on the Internet (Easa)
Hardcover. Based on ethnographic research on the online activities of Christian & Muslim actors in the Moluccan conflict, this study investigates processes of identity construction, community building, & evolving conflict dynamics on the internet. An innovative contribution to conflict & internet research, this study paves the way for a new cyber anthropology Translator(s): Gaines, Jeremy. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 460 pages, 20 ills, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JMC; JFD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 714.
Conflicting parties worldwide increasingly use the Internet in a strategic way, and struggles carried out on a local level achieve a new dimension. This new kind of medialization results in a conflict’s expansion into global cyberspace. Based on ethnographic research on the online activities of Christian and Muslim actors in the Moluccan conflict (1999–2003), this study investigates processes of identity construction, community building and evolving conflict dynamics on the Internet. In contributing to conflict and Internet research, this study paves the way for a new cyberanthropology. A newly added epilogue outlines the directions in which the situation in the ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
Series
EASA Series
Number of Pages
434
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857458544
SKU
V9780857458544
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Ref
99-15
About Birgit Brauchler
Birgit Bräuchler is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen. She is author of The Cultural Dimension of Peace (2015, Palgrave), editor of Reconciling Indonesia (2009, Routledge), co-editor of Theorising Media and Practice (2010, Berghahn) with John Postill and Theorising Media and Conflict (2020, Berghahn) with Philipp Budka. She is also published widely in peer-reviewed ... Read more
Reviews for Cyberidentities at War: The Moluccan Conflict on the Internet (Easa)
“This is a highly interesting study of the way three internet sites operated in the Moluccan violent conflict over a number of years…The book offers a wealth of information about the Moluccan conflict and provides an in-depth study of the new media that make current conflicts so much more complex. Moreover, there are few long-term studies of the use of ... Read more