{
"item_title" : "Coding Democracy",
"item_author" : [" Maureen Webb", "Cory Doctorow "],
"item_description" : "Hackers as vital disruptors, inspiring a new wave of activism in which ordinary citizens take back democracy. Hackers have a bad reputation, as shady deployers of bots and destroyers of infrastructure. In Coding Democracy, Maureen Webb offers another view. Hackers, she argues, can be vital disruptors. Hacking is becoming a practice, an ethos, and a metaphor for a new wave of activism in which ordinary citizens are inventing new forms of distributed, decentralized democracy for a digital era. Confronted with concentrations of power, mass surveillance, and authoritarianism enabled by new technology, the hacking movement is trying to build out democracy into cyberspace.",
"item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/0/26/254/228/0262542285_b.jpg",
"price_data" : {
"retail_price" : "17.95", "online_price" : "17.95", "our_price" : "17.95", "club_price" : "17.95", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : ""
}
}
Coding Democracy : How Hackers Are Disrupting Power, Surveillance, and Authoritarianism
by Maureen Webb and Cory Doctorow
Overview
Hackers as vital disruptors, inspiring a new wave of activism in which ordinary citizens take back democracy. Hackers have a bad reputation, as shady deployers of bots and destroyers of infrastructure. In Coding Democracy, Maureen Webb offers another view. Hackers, she argues, can be vital disruptors. Hacking is becoming a practice, an ethos, and a metaphor for a new wave of activism in which ordinary citizens are inventing new forms of distributed, decentralized democracy for a digital era. Confronted with concentrations of power, mass surveillance, and authoritarianism enabled by new technology, the hacking movement is trying to "build out" democracy into cyberspace.
Customers Also Bought
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780262542289
- ISBN-10: 0262542285
- Publisher: MIT Press
- Publish Date: July 2021
- Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.15 pounds
- Page Count: 416
Related Categories
