ISBN:
0203490037
,
0415260035
,
0415260043
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (186 p)
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Hacktivism and Cyberwars : Rebels with a Cause?
DDC:
303.48/33
Keywords:
Protest movements
;
Social action
;
Internet users
;
Cyberspace Political aspects
;
Internet Political aspects
;
Political activists
;
Social movements
Abstract:
The full social and historical context of hacktivism is portrayed to take into account its position in terms of new social movements, direct action, and its contribution to the anti-globalisation debate
Description / Table of Contents:
Hacktivism and Cyberwars: Rebels with a cause?; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Hacking and hacktivism; 2 Viral times: vulnerability, uncertainty and ethical ambiguity in the information age; 3 Hacktivism and the history of protest; 4 Mass action hacktivism: anti-globalisation and the importance of bad technology; 5 Digitally correct hacktivism: the purity of informational politics; 6 Men in the matrix: informational intimacy; 7 The dot.communist manifesto; 8 Hacktivism: informational politics for informational times; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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