Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- A -- C -- D -- F -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Chapter 1 WEB-BASED PARTICIPATORY MEDIA, STRATEGIC POLITICAL COMMUNICATION AND SOUSVEILLANCE -- Web-Based Participatory Media and Strategic Political Communication -- Strategic Political Communication in the West and the Middle East -- Strategic Political Communication in the West -- Strategic Political Communication in the Middle East -- Web-Based Participatory Media, Convergence and the Struggle for Control Over Strategic Political Communication -- From Surveillance to Sousveillance -- The Case Studies -- Chapter 2 BEARING WITNESS DURING THE 2003 IRAQ WAR: Embeds and Bloggers -- Introduction -- Political Environment -- Media Environment -- Identifying with the Embeds -- Exposing Humanity: Our Boys Have Feelings Too -- Patriotism and Pride: We Are as One -- Identifying with the Iraqis: Salam Pax, the Baghdad Blogger -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 CONTROLLING THE MILITARY'S IMAGE: Abu Ghraib (2004) and Is this the Way to Armadillo (2005) -- Introduction -- Political Environment -- Media Environment -- Abu Ghraib: The Downward Spiral of the Military's Image -- From Personal Sousveillance to Hierarchical Sousveillance -- Publicising 'Abuse' -- Impact of Publication of Images -- Official Attempts to Control the Images -- Repercussions: Clamping Down on Web-Based Participatory Media -- Is this the way to Armadillo? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 CONTROLLING SADDAM HUSSEIN'S IMAGE: His Capture (2003) and Execution (2006) -- Introduction -- Political Environment -- Media Environment -- Controlled Image: The Capture of Saddam Hussein -- Losing Control: The Execution of Saddam Hussein -- Official Media Representations -- Unofficial Media Representations -- Conclusion.

Chapter 5 SOUSVEILLANCE AND STRATEGIC POLITICAL COMMUNICATION: Developments and Implications -- Introduction -- Political Environment 2007-2009 -- Media Environment 2007-2009 -- Towards Sousveillance Cultures -- Anonymity -- Blurred Boundaries, Resistance and Social Change -- Semi-Permanence and Instanteneity -- Implications for Strategic Political Communication -- Long-Term Agenda-Building -- Knowing When to Relinquish Control -- Cycles of Emergence, Resistance, Reincorporation -- The Future? -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.