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dc.contributor.authorKubitschko, Sebastiande
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-09T08:56:37Z
dc.date.available2015-11-09T08:56:37Z
dc.date.issued2015de
dc.identifier.issn2183-2439de
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/45265
dc.description.abstractPractices related to media technologies and infrastructures (MTI) are an increasingly important part of democratic constellations in general and of surveillance tactics in particular. This article does not seek to discuss surveillance per se, but instead to open a new line of inquiry by presenting qualitative research on the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) - one of the world's largest and Europe's oldest hacker organizations. Despite the longstanding conception of hacking as infused with political significance, the scope and style of hackers' engagement with emerging issues related to surveillance remains poorly understood. The rationale of this paper is to examine the CCC as a civil society organization that counter-acts contemporary assemblages of surveillance in two ways: first, by de-constructing existing technology and by supporting, building, maintaining and using alternative media technologies and infrastructures that enable more secure and anonymous communication; and second, by articulating their expertise related to contemporary MTI to a wide range of audiences, publics and actors. Highlighting the significance of "privacy" for the health of democracy, I argue that the hacker organization is co-determining "interstitial spaces within information processing practices" (Cohen, 2012, p. 1931), and by doing so is acting on indispensable structural features of contemporary democratic constellations.en
dc.languageende
dc.subject.ddcTechnik, Technologiede
dc.subject.ddcNews media, journalism, publishingen
dc.subject.ddcTechnology (Applied sciences)en
dc.subject.ddcPublizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesende
dc.titleThe role of hackers in countering surveillance and promoting democracyde
dc.description.reviewbegutachtet (peer reviewed)de
dc.description.reviewpeer revieweden
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/article/view/281de
dc.source.journalMedia and Communication
dc.source.volume3de
dc.publisher.countryMISC
dc.source.issue2de
dc.subject.classozInformation und Dokumentation, Bibliotheken, Archivede
dc.subject.classozInformation and Documentation, Libraries, Archivesen
dc.subject.classozinteraktive, elektronische Mediende
dc.subject.classozInteractive, electronic Mediaen
dc.subject.classozTechnikfolgenabschätzungde
dc.subject.classozTechnology Assessmenten
dc.subject.classozMedienpolitik, Informationspolitik, Medienrechtde
dc.subject.classozMedia Politics, Information Politics, Media Lawen
dc.subject.thesozDatende
dc.subject.thesozdataen
dc.subject.thesozDemokratiede
dc.subject.thesozdemocracyen
dc.subject.thesozÜberwachungde
dc.subject.thesozmonitoringen
dc.subject.thesozelektronische Mediende
dc.subject.thesozelectronic mediaen
dc.subject.thesozHackerde
dc.subject.thesozhackeren
dc.subject.thesozPrivatsphärede
dc.subject.thesozprivacyen
dc.subject.thesozDatenschutzde
dc.subject.thesozdata protectionen
dc.subject.thesozKommunikationstechnologiede
dc.subject.thesozcommunication technologyen
dc.subject.thesozInformationstechnologiede
dc.subject.thesozinformation technologyen
dc.subject.thesozZivilgesellschaftde
dc.subject.thesozcivil societyen
dc.rights.licenceCreative Commons - Namensnennungde
dc.rights.licenceCreative Commons - Attributionen
internal.statusformal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossende
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dc.type.documentjournal articleen
dc.source.pageinfo77-87de
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dc.source.issuetopicSurveillance: critical analysis and current challenges (part I)de
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v3i2.281de
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dc.description.pubstatusPublished Versionen
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