The moral ambiguity of social control in cyberspace: A retro-assessment of the 'golden age' of hacking

New Media and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 599-624

  Thomas, Jim ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer underground; Hacker crackdown; Hacker ethic; Hackers; Social control in cyberspace

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644464704     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444805056008     Document Type: Article

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