Islam dot com: contemporary Islamic discourses in cyberspace

This book analyzes the discourses and deliberations in the discussion forums of three of the most visited Islamic websites and investigates the extent to which they have provided a venue for Muslims to freely engage in discussion among themselves and with non-Muslims about political, economic, religious and social issues. MOHAMMED EL-NAWAWYAssociate Professor and Knight-Crane Endowed Chair in the Department of Communication at Queens University of Charlotte, USA. SAHAR KHAMIS Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. She is the former Head of the Mass Communication and Information Science Department in Qatar University. INDICE: The Public Sphere in an Islamic Context - Religion in the Virtual Public Sphere: The Case of Islam - Is the Umma a Public Sphere? - The 'VirtualUmma': Collective Identities in Cyberspace - Islamic Websites: Divergent Identities in Cyberspace - Virtual Islamic Discourses: Platforms for Consensus or Sites of Contention?

• ISBN: 978-0-230-33815-9
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 06/01/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés