The Chaotic Freedom Fighter: Anonymous as the Trickster of Cyberculture
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F15%3A00084015" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/15:00084015 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/ndif/article/view/20035" target="_blank" >https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/ndif/article/view/20035</a>
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Chaotic Freedom Fighter: Anonymous as the Trickster of Cyberculture
Original language description
This article explores the connections between the hacktivist movement Anonymous and the mythical trickster figure. It takes up the features identified by scholars such as Lewis Hyde and William J. Hynes as typical for the trickster and examines them in the context of hacktivist culture. While Anonymous shows many of the core trickster characteristics, it differs from mythical tricksters in two important aspects: its plural nature and the fact that it is a real world entity. However, the cultural role they play is the same: they question rules, challenge assumptions and test limits, preventing stagnation. The article then offers a new perspective of studying the trickster: as a symbolic expression of an important social function.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AJ - Literature, mass media, audio-visual activities
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
New Directions in Folklore (NDiF)
ISSN
2161-9964
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
13
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1/2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
27
Pages from-to
44-70
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
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