Sökning: "hacktivism"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 uppsatser innehållade ordet hacktivism.

1. 1. Digital Wars: #GuacamayaLeaks and the rise of hacktivism in technopolitics : A netnography to understand the complexity of digital communication processes.

   Magister-uppsats, Jönköping University/HLK, Communication, Culture and Diversity (CCD); Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Jönköping University/Sustainability Education Research (SER)

   Författare :Viviana Levet; [2023]
   Nyckelord :hacktivism; technopolitics; netnography; information flows; gatekeeping; communication ecologies; digital media; social media; network society;

   Sammanfattning : This master thesis explores the dynamics of information flows between the hacktivist group Guacamaya, media outlets and social media users. The study aims to understand the role of various social actors within the digital space such as media outlets, journalists, bots, and trolls, in shaping public opinion and the overall effectiveness of the group's communication activities. LÄS MER

3. 2. Hacking for the State? : The Use of Private Persons in Cyber Attacks and State Responsibility

   Kandidat-uppsats, Försvarshögskolan

   Författare :Natali Olovson; [2020]
   Nyckelord :state responsibility; Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts; cyber attack; Russia; hacktivism; Nashi; Russian Business Network; effective control; adoption of act; government authority; Estonia; Georgia; DDoS;

   Sammanfattning : While there are many examples to turn to regarding the thriving phenomenon of private persons being exploited to launch cyber attacks on behalf of states, this thesis will direct it’s attention onto two special cases. Russia has been accused of being the state actor behind the cyber attacks on Estonia in 2007 and Georgia in 2008. LÄS MER

4. 3. The influence of the Internet on Identity Creation and Extreme groups

   Kandidat-uppsats, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för teknik och estetik

   Författare :Rasmus Emilsson; [2015]
   Nyckelord :Identity creation; hacktivism; white supremacy; echo chamber; filter bubble.;

   Sammanfattning : In the age of the Internet, extreme groups have seen resurgence in the way they can communicate and recruit through the new medium whether they are white supremacists or hacktivists. Examining the history and modern behaviors of both white supremacy groups and Anonymous, this paper aims to research and answer how the different groups use the Internet to influence identities and if the methods to do so differ from the old ones and through the use of several concepts, mainly the Echo Chamber and the Filter Bubble, narrow down the effects that leads to a person joining an extreme group. LÄS MER

5. 4. En beskrivning av det okända. En studie om gestaltningen av Anonymous

   Magister-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation

   Författare :Edwin Eriksson; [2014-09-08]
   Nyckelord :Anonymous; aktivism; hacktivism; Framing theory; innehållsanalys; sociala rörelser;

   Sammanfattning : Sammanfattning Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att genom en tudelad studie undersöka hur det globala fenomenet Anonymous framställs och gestaltas i svensk nyhetsmedia, jämfört med hur deras aktiva deltagare framställer rörelsen. Utifrån detta syfte konstruerades tre frågeställningar; Hur framställs Anonymous i svensk nyhetsmedia? Hur framställs Anonymous av sina aktiva deltagare? På vilka sätt överensstämmer respektive skiljer sig dessa framställningar åt? Material Då uppsatsen innehåller en tudelad studie består analysmaterialet av två olika material. LÄS MER

7. 5. Why are Gandhi and Thoreau AFK? : In Search for Civil Disobedience online

   Magister-uppsats, Medier och kommunikation

   Författare :Jan-Peter Kleinhans; [2013]
   Nyckelord :DDoS; Civil Disobedience; Gandhi; Thoreau; Activism; Digital Activism; Protests; Philosophy; Distributed Denial of Servie; Rawls; Brownlee; Hacktivism; Virtual Sit-Ins;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates if Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks constitute a valid form ofcivil disobedience online. For this purpose a multi-dimensional framework is established,drawing on Brownlee’s paradigm case and classical theory of civil disobedience. LÄS MER