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The Tyranny of Protocols: Tensions between Values and Affordances in an Anonymous Chat Room
Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Sociologiska institutionen. (Cultural Matters)
2015 (Engelska)Konferensbidrag, Muntlig presentation med publicerat abstract (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
Abstract [en]

Modern social movements have been characterized as what Manuel Castells calls networked social movements. These movements are mobile, horizontal, opposed to top-down hierarchy, anti-corruption, and intentionally opposed to participating in ‘normal’ politics. He argues that the focus among these groups on communicative autonomy and horizontal organization are wins for movements opposed to corruption and elitism in a post-democratic society .In this paper, I focus on one type of networked social movement in the form of the hacktivist collective Anonymous. Investigating the use of sanctions and moderation in chat rooms, I arrive at the conclusion that the protocols which define thei rcommunicative space also contradict their values. I suggest, echoing Freeman (1970), that the lack of formal organization and the maintenance of a hierarchy within the Anonymous chat rooms leads to the existence of small groups who become a de facto leadership.

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2015.
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Anonymous, digitally enabled social movements, affordances, values, online protest, organization, hacktivism, network society
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Sociologi
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Sociologi
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-333891OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-333891DiVA, id: diva2:1158214
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Cultural Sociology Symposium - November 19-20, 2015 - Uppsala, Sweden
Tillgänglig från: 2017-11-18 Skapad: 2017-11-18 Senast uppdaterad: 2017-11-23Bibliografiskt granskad

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