Hacker culture

Thomas Douglas

266 pages, parution le 10/05/2002

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Résumé

Demonized by governments and the media as criminals, glorified within their own subculture as out-laws, hackers have played a major role in the short history of computers and digital culture - and have continually challenged our assumptions about technology and secrecy through both legal and illicit means. In Hacker Culture, Douglas Thomas provides an in-depth history of this fascinating subculture, contrasting mainstream images of hackers with a detailed firsthand account of the computer underground.

Even as novels and films (Neuromancer, WarGames, Hackers, and The Matrix) have mythologized hackers, destructive computer viruses like "Melissa" prompted the passage of stringent antihacking laws around the world. Addressing such issues as the com-modification of the hacker ethos by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, the high-profile arrests of prominent hackers, and conflicting self-images among hackers themselves, Thomas finds that popular hacker stereotypes reflect the public's anxieties about the information age far more than they depict the reality of hacking.

Contents

PART I The Evolution of the Hacker
- 1 Hacking Culture
- 2 Hacking as the Performance of Technology: Reading the "Hacker Manifesto"
- 3 Hacking in the 1990s
PART II Hacking Representation
- 4 Representing Hacker Culture: Reading Phrack
- 5 (Not) Hackers: Subculture, Style, and Media Incorporation
PART III Hacking Law
- 6 Technology and Punishment: The Juridical Construction of the Hacker
Epilogue: Kevin Mitnick and Chris Lamprecht

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Univeristy of Minesota Press
Auteur(s)	Thomas Douglas
Parution	10/05/2002
Nb. de pages	266
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	497g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780816633456