Hacking by Tim Jordan

Hacking by Tim Jordan

Hacking provides an introduction to the community of hackers and an analysis of the meaning of hacking in twenty-first century societies. One the one hand, hackers infect the computers of the world, entering where they are not invited, taking over not just individual workstations but whole networks.

"Will hackers be the nemesis, or the agents of pro-social innovations of the network society? While stating his affinity to central tenets of the hacker community, Tim Jordan provides a well-grounded analysis that hackers form a core of a social movement shaping the development of information and communication technologiesThis book should be read by anyone interested in the social dynamics of hacking, but it will also be an excellent case for research and teaching on social movements."
William H. Dutton, University of Oxford

"Tim Jordan gives us the most thoughtful, reasoned and thorough analysis of hacking to date. His focus on the meaning of hacking is a refreshing change from the typically celebratory and polemical treatises that seem intended more to leave the reader breathless than informed. Jordan's analysis surveys the entire range of hacking, from free and open source software to hacktivism and cyberterror. He puts hacking in perspective and in context by examining the social, political, cultural and economic dimensions of hacking. Hacking will be as useful a guide to the world of nerds and geeks for a newcomer as it will be to a veteran hacker, a student or a scholar."
Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago

Tim Jordan is Lecturer in Sociology at the Open University.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780745639727
ISBN 10	0745639720
Title	Hacking
Author	Tim Jordan
Series	Digital Media And Society
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published	2008-06-27
Number of pages	200
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