War Beyond The Box is a scan of informal, tactical and ad-hoc uses of communications media in war crisis: February-April 2003. The Internet and digital mediamaking have vastly expanded capacity to express and share opinions and information, without going through mainstream media (“the box”). Geopolitical crisis is a moment that spurs communications activity. War crisis is a living laboratory for informal communications use and trends.

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Satire, parody and irony, weapons of the weak in the war of ideas, are zipping around the Web. Go>>	Aggregator sites, both established and ad-hoc, became resources for reversioning. Go>>
Doing it yourself has never been easier, or faster. Go>>	The blogosphere buzzes with war analysis from all directions. Go>>
Networked communities mobilize at the drop of a posting-whether the project is real or not. Go>>	The Web turns media stunts into worldwide affairs. Go>>
Forwarding that email may break through media bias--at least senders think so. Go>>	Electronic photo galleries are for everybody. Go>>
Improvised radio goes two-way and to the web. Go>>	Breaking through the barriers to get on TV. Go>>
Bulletin boards--the internet's old guard--gather communities of opinion. Go>>	Streaming and loading go both ways. Go>>