The Secret Self

The Case of Identity Theft

Bibliographic Data

ID2163976
AuthorsMark Poster (0000-0003-2433-4550, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume21
Issue1
Pages118-140
Publication date2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0950-2386 • E-ISSN: 1466-4348
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09502380601047087
OpenAlexW1937430405
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited17

In the late 1990s, ‘Identity Theft’ became a crime in the United States. At that time ‘Identity Theft’ was determined to be the fastest rising crime in the country. It is a crime that depends on digital culture and networked computing. I ask how this crime works to redefine the nature of identity, how it exteriorizes identity, separating it from the interiority of consciousness and moving it into the realm of information machines. The implications of identity theft for privacy and security are also examined. I ask as well about the implications of such theft for an emerging Western and Global culture that relies increasingly on digital media, the interaction of humans and information machines

Aesthetics · Ask price · Business · Computer security · Consciousness · Criminology · Identity (music · Identity Theft · Internet privacy · Political science · Realm · Sociology · Computer Science · Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies · Digital Games and Media · Law · Psychology · Spam and Phishing Detection

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