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Unseen war? : hackers, tactical media, and their depiction in Hollywood cinema
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Unseen war? : hackers, tactical media, and their depiction in Hollywood cinema
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| title: | Unseen war? : hackers, tactical media, and their depiction in Hollywood cinema |
| author: | Stańczyk Marta 
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| journal title: | TransMissions |
| title of volume: | War&technology |
| volume: | 2 |
| issue: | 1 |
| date of publication : | 2017 |
| pages: | 62-77 |
| eISSN: |
2451-5116 |
| URL: | |
| date accessed: |
2017-10-02 |
| notes: | Bibliogr. s. 72-77 |
| language: | English |
| journal language: | English |
| abstract in English: | Emerging controversies about WikiLeaks' contribution to Donald Trump's electoral triumph and the ongoing persona-non-grata status of Edward Snowden highlight the notion of hacking in the modern world. Hackers used to be dualistically stereotyped on one hand as black hats, criminals and cyberpunk/cypherpunk hidden figures, and on the other as whistle-blowers, open access activists and hacktivists whose actions are potentially subversive. Film coverage of hackers and their tactics shows a paranoid and militarized vision of the world, with grey eminence often depicted either as a threat, or as survivors. Hence, from WarGames (1983, John Bedham), TRON (1982, Steven Lisberger) and Hackers (1995, Iain Softley) to The Fifth Estate (2013, Bill Condon), Live Free or Die Hard (2007, Len Wiseman) to Jason Bourne (2016, Paul Greengrass), hacking seems to have emerged as the avant-garde of militarized social space-as its main weapon and fundamental defence. Pop culture feeds itself with this ambiguity as long as it accommodates the dualistic needs of its receivers: a countercultural anti-hero becomes a scapegoat while a general sense of insecurity predominates. Distrust in technology and underground experts is simultaneous with redemption narratives about disclosing corporate/state/elite conspiracies and is heavily influenced by current non-cinematic events. This paper is an examination of hackers' cultural impact and their connection with tactical media through subversive actions. It becomes essential to decode their manipulated or simplified public image, especially with ongoing progressive politicization of hacking and its significance. |
| keywords in English: | electronic civil disobedience, tactical media, hacker, hacktivism, hack |
| number of pulisher's sheets: | 1 |
| affiliation: | Wydział Zarządzania i Komunikacji Społecznej : Instytut Sztuk Audiowizualnych |
| type: | journal article |
| subtype: | academic paper |
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