Coding Democracy

Coding Democracy
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Publisher : MIT Press
Total Pages : 413
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ISBN-10 : 9780262542289
ISBN-13 : 0262542285
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Book Synopsis Coding Democracy by : Maureen Webb

Download or read book Coding Democracy written by Maureen Webb and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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