Hi Charles- You might be interested in the forthcoming conference if you haven't already heard about it: Fundamentalism and the Media Boulder, CO, USA, October 10-12, 2006 The Center for Media, Religion, and Culture University of Colorado at Boulder Co-Sponsors: World Association for Christian Communication/North American Region and World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), London http://www.colorado.edu/journalism/mcm/mrc/fundmed.htm For articles/books specifically on religion online and fundamentalism, I would take a look at the following: Barzilai-Nahon, K. & Barzilai , G. (2005). Cultured Technology: Internet & Religious Fundamentalism. In: The Information Society 21/1, URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~tisj/21/1/ab-barzilai.html Bunt, G. (2003). Islam In The Digital Age : E-Jihad, Online Fatwas and Cyber Islamic Environments London: Pluto Press. Howard, R. G. (2000). Online Ethnography of Dispensationalist Discourse: Revealed Verses Negotiated Truth. In Religion on the Internet: Research prospects and promises, J. K. Hadden & D. E. Cowan, Eds. (pp. 225-246) New York: JAI Press. Robinson, R. (2004) Virtual Warfare: The Internet as the New Site for Global Religious Conflict. In Asian Journal of Social Science, 32(2): 198-215. On religious fundamentalism and the Media I would start with: Appleby & Marty (1997) The Fundamentalism Project: Fundamentalism & Society, Vol. 2, part 3 "Education and the Media" Cheers- Heidi C Texas A&M University Charles Ess <cmess@drury.edu> wrote: Hi Aoir-ists, I'm doing some work on religion online, and am keen on finding both resources and resource persons in the area of fundamentalism as communicated through mass media. Please reply to me offlist - I'll happily compile bibliographic suggestions, etc., for speedy distribution onlist. Many thanks! Charles Ess Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies Drury University 900 N. Benton Ave. Voice: 417-873-7230 Springfield, MO 65802 USA FAX: 417-873-7435 Home page: http://www.drury.edu/ess/ess.html Co-chair, CATaC'06: http://www.catacconference.org Co-chair, ECAP'06: http://www.eu-cap.org Professor II, Globalization and Applied Ethics Programmes Norwegian University of Science and Technology NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway http://www.anvendtetikk.ntnu.no/pres/bridgingcultures.php Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23 _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com