Monday’s discussion, led by Dan Schultz, was centered on evolution of hacktivism, Anonymous, and the pursuit of the lulz. Molly Sauter also dropped by to contribute. Lulz, while not necessarily as intellectualized, is a modern incarnation of satire as political critique. In times and spaces where open political dissidence is […]
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This a collaborative post on the project Sayamindu Dasgupta and I have been working on. Focusing on Real-Life Community Issues In a past project update, we surveyed a number of cases in the Scratch Online Community where Scratch members expressed civic engagement through the interactive media projects they shared. One […]
The November 16th class readings focused on the history and expansion of ‘Anonymous,’ originating with their traditional form of lighthearted dissent and satire for the sake of ‘lulz’ to becoming a passionate political movement. Personally, I find that Anonymous cannot be both types at the same time–it not only detracts […]
On the midnight of 5th June 2011, Indian police violently cracked down on a peaceful group of protesters who had convened together against corruption and untaxed money stashed away in foreign tax havens (referred to as “black money” in India). On the 7th of June, Anonymous announced “Operation India” on […]
This week I am working on a model to map out civic actions in China. I borrowed models on social movements in the field of political science and added one dimension, the level of centralization of the media involved in the civic actions, to understand various types of civic actions […]