CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Dautaj, Anja |
|---|---|
| Title | Fsociety: Hacktivism and Disruptive Innovation of the Social Movement |
| Summary | Beyond the anonymity that is dear to hackers, this research aims to analyze the procedure of their entry into politics. The analysis of the individual trajectories of hackers and the spectrum of their engagements makes it possible to understand the politicization of the movement and to explore its progress, from anonymous hacktivism trying to help the populations of the Arab Revolution, to the creation of parties in Europe. The actions of the Anonymous group are particular and interesting, to say the least. On the one hand, they are reminiscent of traditional activism by defending the principles of freedom of expression (in the web). On the other hand, most of them are done through the use of illegal means. The Anonymous group embodies a concrete example of what the scientific literature calls hacktivism: a contraction of the words "hacker" and "activism". A great defender of freedom of expression, Anonymous does not hesitate to disobey laws deemed unjust for the greater good. An instrument of communication, medialization, transaction and protest, but also an instrument of surveillance, the internet is both a tool and a space of (counter) power, which makes any attempt to analyze its political stakes particularly complex. This paper will try to focus on a topic already vast: the "strategies of disorder" that are unfolding on and especially thanks to the world wide web. This distinction is fundamental since it implies that certain "hacktivist" and "cybernationalist" are satisfied with their virtuality while others take their actions on the real world. |
| Supervisor | Pelinka, Anton |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/dautaj_anja.pdf |
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