Paper No. 3
PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
Since
2010, digital direct action, including leaks, hacking and mass
protest, has become a regular feature of political life on the
Internet. The source, strengths and weakness of this activity
are considered in this paper through an in-depth analysis of
Anonymous, the protest ensemble that has been adept at
magnifying issues, boosting existing — usually oppositional —
movements and converting amorphous discontent into a tangible
form. This paper, the third in the Internet Governance Paper
Series, examines the intersecting elements that contribute to
Anonymous’ contemporary geopolitical power: its ability to
land media attention, its bold and recognizable aesthetics,
its participatory openness, the misinformation that surrounds
it and, in particular, its unpredictability.
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