As global society becomes more and more dependent, politically and
economically, on the flow of information, the power of those who
can disrupt and manipulate that flow also increases. In Hacktivism
and Cyberwars Tim Jordan and Paul Taylor provide a detailed history
of hacktivism's evolution from early hacking culture to its present
day status as the radical face of online politics. They describe
the ways in which hacktivism has re-appropriated hacking techniques
to create an innovative new form of political protest. A full
explanation is given of the different strands of hacktivism and the
'cyberwars' it has created, ranging from such avant garde groups as
the Electronic Disturbance Theatre to more virtually focused groups
labelled 'The Digitally Correct'. 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 globalization debate. This book provides an
important corrective flip-side to mainstream accounts of E-commerce
and broadens the conceptualization of the internet to take into
full account the other side of the digital divide.
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