Information Communication Technologies and Framing for Backfire in the Digital Rights Movement

The Case of Dmitry Sklyarov’s Advanced e-Book Processor

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12170367
AutoresHector Postigo (Temple University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen28
Número2
Páginas232-250
Fecha de publicación2009-06-17
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Science Computer Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0894-4393 • E-ISSN: 1552-8286
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0894439309336943
OpenAlexW2112118769
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas14

In 2001, Dmitry Sklyarov was arrested for his role in designing the Advanced e-Book Processor, the software that cracked Adobe’s e-Book encryption. Using historical data and situating itself within social movement theory, this article focuses on the case of Sklyarov’s arrest to show how the digital rights movement, using online networks, mobilized activists and framed the event in a manner that led to ‘‘backfire’’ against government prosecutors and Adobe Systems Inc. The case illustrates positive outcomes for social movements when they use movement-specific online networks—networks that help rapidly define the meaning of issues and that have the potential to inform mass media outlets, and through them, broader publics

Aesthetics · Art · Digital media · Digital Rights · Framing (construction · Internet privacy · Media studies · Movement (music · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social media · Social movement · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Political theory and Gramsci · Social Media and Politics