Anonymous is described as a Internet Meme originating in 2004 on the image board 4chan. (Anonymous (group), 2011) . The concept is of a global brain utilising a community of users each acting individually and anonymously but also collaborating in achieving often anarchist goals. It implies some form of structural identity but where individual identities are secret. These sub-cultures are not co-ordinated but are spontaneous and voluntary.
This news investigation from Fox11 television station in Los Angeles is particularly interesting as demonstrates a typical popular news beat up of issues and gives credibility to the concept of Anonymous as an organisation rather than a concept. It concentrates on such negatives as "hacker games, describes "death threats" and talks of "domestic bombings". It states there are "secret websites" linked to Anonymous . One of the YouTube comments summarises the alternative as "Anonymous aren't hackers. Anonymous is an IDEA."
This concept is not collaboration in the normal meaning of the word but like minds randomly drawn together for activist related activities where motivations could range from serious believers in a cause to anarchist enjoyment of rebellion against authority. The tools used for this type of collaboration can range from sophisticated and often illegal hacking software to websites, blogs and messaging of one type or another. This is particularly true where there have been Denial of Service attacks.
started by Keith Law on 02 Apr 11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNO6G4ApJQY
This is a four minute so called investigative news item.
Anonymous is described as a Internet Meme originating in 2004 on the image board 4chan. (Anonymous (group), 2011) . The concept is of a global brain utilising a community of users each acting individually and anonymously but also collaborating in achieving often anarchist goals. It implies some form of structural identity but where individual identities are secret. These sub-cultures are not co-ordinated but are spontaneous and voluntary.
This news investigation from Fox11 television station in Los Angeles is particularly interesting as demonstrates a typical popular news beat up of issues and gives credibility to the concept of Anonymous as an organisation rather than a concept. It concentrates on such negatives as "hacker games, describes "death threats" and talks of "domestic bombings". It states there are "secret websites" linked to Anonymous . One of the YouTube comments summarises the alternative as "Anonymous aren't hackers. Anonymous is an IDEA."
This concept is not collaboration in the normal meaning of the word but like minds randomly drawn together for activist related activities where motivations could range from serious believers in a cause to anarchist enjoyment of rebellion against authority. The tools used for this type of collaboration can range from sophisticated and often illegal hacking software to websites, blogs and messaging of one type or another. This is particularly true where there have been Denial of Service attacks.
Works Cited
Anonymous (group). (2011, March 30). Retrieved April 3, 2011, from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29
Fox11 News. (2007, july 2007). Anonymous on FOX11. Retrieved April 3, 2011, from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNO6G4ApJQY