Hacker Culture by Douglas Thomas
Douglas Thomas offers an in-depth history of this important and fascinating subculture, contrasting mainstream images of hackers with a detailed firsthand account of the computer underground. Thomas studies novels and films (Neuromancer, WarGames, Hackers, and The Matrix) and reveals contemporary views of hackers as technological wizards, high-tech pranksters, and virtual criminals. Thomas then examines the court cases of Kevin Mitnick and Chris Lamprecht to determine how hackers are defined as criminals. Thomas finds that popular hacker stereotypes express the public's anxieties about the information age far more than they do the reality of hacking.
Douglas Thomas is a graphic designer, writer, and historian. He holds an MA in history from the University of Chicago and an MFA in graphic design from the Maryland Institute College of Art, where he also taught. He currently teaches at Brigham Young University. His design work has been featured in Communication Arts, Print magazine, and Graphis.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780816633456 |
| ISBN 10 | 0816633452 |
| Title | Hacker Culture |
| Author | Douglas Thomas |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of Minnesota Press |
| Year published | 2002-12-31 |
| Number of pages | 277 |
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