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  • We're All Hackers Now: Doing Global Democracy

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    Stockwell, Stephen
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    Stockwell, Stephen E.
    Year published
    2008
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    A return to the Athenian model of democracy suggests that the techno-rhetorical skills and pro-active ethical attributes necessary for the work of the global citizen are inherent in the "hacker"ethos. Hacking was always more than the neo-criminal interference with computer systems suggested in the mainstream media. This paper argues that hacking extends to cover any militant and creative intervention into any aspect of the media flow. Thus arises the possibility of the citizen-hacker using the emerging social networking technologies and techniques on which the global information economy rests to create new forums for open ...
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    A return to the Athenian model of democracy suggests that the techno-rhetorical skills and pro-active ethical attributes necessary for the work of the global citizen are inherent in the "hacker"ethos. Hacking was always more than the neo-criminal interference with computer systems suggested in the mainstream media. This paper argues that hacking extends to cover any militant and creative intervention into any aspect of the media flow. Thus arises the possibility of the citizen-hacker using the emerging social networking technologies and techniques on which the global information economy rests to create new forums for open deliberation and new forms of political and social organization.
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    Conference Title
    CreateWorld 2008
    Publisher URI
    http://createworld2008.edublogs.org/
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    © The Author(s) 2008. The attached file is posted here with permission of the copyright owner for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted. For information about this conference please refer to the publisher's website or contact the author.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/22953
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