TY - CHAP T1 - Constituents of a Theory of Media T2 - Electronic Media and Technoculture Y1 - 2000 A1 - Enzensberger, H.M. ED - Caldwell, J.T. KW - Constituents KW - electronic KW - media KW - media theory KW - theory AB - Never before has the future been so systematically envisioned, aggressively analyzed, and grandly theorized as in the present rush to cyberspace and digitalization. In the mid-twentieth century, questions about media technologies and society first emerged as scholarly hand-wringing about the deleterious sweep of electronic media and information technologies in mass culture. Now, questions about new technologies and their social and cultural impact are no longer limited to intellectual soothsayers in the academy but are pervasive parts of day-to-day discourses in newspapers, magazines, television, and film. Electronic Media and Technoculture anchors contemporary discussion of the digital future within a critical tradition about the media arts, society, and culture. The collection examines a range of phenomena, from boutique cyber-practices to the growing ubiquity of e-commerce and the internet. The essays chart a critical field in media studies, providing a historical perspective on theories of new media. The contributors place discussions of producing technologies in dialogue with consuming technologies, new media in relation to old media, and argue that digital media should not be restricted to the constraining public discourses of either the computer, broadcast, motion-picture, or internet industries. The collection charts a range of theoretical positions to assist readers interested in new media and to enable them to weather the cycles of hardware obsolescence and theoretical volatility that characterize the present rush toward digital technologies. JF - Electronic Media and Technoculture PB - Rutgers University Press CY - New Brunswick UR - http://books.google.com/books?id=n1QqHWAlmF4C&pg=PA51&lpg=PA51&dq=Constituents+of+a+Theory+of+Media+by+Enzensberger+in+Electronic+Media+and+Technoculture&source=bl&ots=BEsekeBaWI&sig=GUlPt4HPCAmlPqQlIgZZNSe-PIA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=m0ljUO-6M6Ke2QWc9IHIBQ&ved=0CC ER - TY - JOUR T1 - “Electronic Jihad”: The Internet as Al Qaeda's Catalyst for Global Terror JF - Studies in Conflict & Terrorism Y1 - 2016 A1 - Rudner, M KW - Al Qaeda KW - electronic KW - internet KW - jihad AB - The Internet has emerged as a key technology for Al Qaeda and other jihadist movements waging their so-called electronic jihad across the Middle East and globally, with digital multiplier effects. This study will examine the evolving doctrine of “electronic jihad” and its impact on the radicalization of Muslims in Western diaspora communities The study describes Internet-based websites that served as online libraries and repositories for jihadist literature, as platforms for extremist preachers and as forums for radical discourse. Furthermore, the study will then detail how Internet connectivity has come to play a more direct operational role for jihadi terrorist-related purposes, most notably for inciting prospective cadres to action; for recruiting jihadist operatives and fighters; for providing virtual training in tactical methods and manufacture of explosives; for terrorism financing; and for actual planning and preparations for specific terror attacks. Whereas contemporary jihadist militants may be shifting from the World Wide Web to social media, such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter for messaging and communications, nevertheless the Internet-based electronic jihad remains a significant catalyst for promoting jihadist activism and for facilitating terrorist operations. VL - 40 UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1057610X.2016.1157403 IS - 1 ER -