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Digital Militarism: Israel's Occupation in the Social Media Age

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Wednesday, September 16, 2015
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Rebecca L. Stein
Wednesdays at the Center

Rebecca L. Stein is the Nicholas J. & Theresa M. Leonardy Associate Professor of Anthropology at Duke University. She is the author of Itineraries in Conflict: Israelis, Palestinians, and the Political Lives of Tourism (Duke, 2008); and the co-editor of Palestine, Israel, and the Politics of Popular Culture (Duke, 2005) and The Struggle for Sovereignty: Palestine and Israel, 1993-2005 (Stanford, 2006). Digital Militarism: Israel's Occupation in the Social Media Age (Stanford, 2015), co-authored with Adi Kuntsman, is her latest book.Stein¿s presentation is based on a recently published book she authored with Adi Kuntsman entitled "Digital Militarism: Israel's Occupation in the Social Media Age" (Stanford, 2015). Stanford University Press says, "This lecture will discuss the rise of Israeli digital militarism in a global context-- both the reach of social media into Israeli military theaters and the occupation's impact on everyday Israeli social media culture. Arguing that social media functions as a crucial theater in which the Israeli military occupation is supported and sustained."