--- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 00:38:23 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <montyat_private> Subject: Hacktivists or Cyberterrorists? The Changing Media Discourse on Hacking Hacktivists or Cyberterrorists? The Changing Media Discourse on Hacking by Sandor Vegh Abstract This paper scrutinizes the language of government reports and news media sources to shed light on their role in forming a negative image of politically motivated hacking in general, and online political activism, in particular. It is argued that the mass media's portrayal of hacking conveniently fits the elite's strategy to form a popular consensus in a way that supports the elite's crusade under different pretexts to eradicate hacking, an activity that may potentially threaten the dominant order. Contents Introduction Discourse on hacktivism The media's role Conclusion http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_10/vegh/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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