Epic Win for Anonymous: An Online Army Conquers the Media

Epic Win for Anonymous is the first book to tell the story of the genesis of the rogue protest groups—including Anonymous, LulzSec, and AntiSec– currently changing our world.
Longtime Web culture critic Cole Stryker traces their growing importance to mainstream news, community activism, and new creative media. Starting with the "anti-Facebook," the web community at 4chan.org, the book follows the evolution of Internet culture from humorous memes to political game-changers. Whether chronicling how Sarah Palin’s personal email account was hacked or dissecting the threat of cyber-bullying, Stryker’s engrossing and approachable book proves the transformative cultural impact of the Internet and the communities it sustains.

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Epic Win for Anonymous: An Online Army Conquers the Media

Epic Win for Anonymous is the first book to tell the story of the genesis of the rogue protest groups—including Anonymous, LulzSec, and AntiSec– currently changing our world.
Longtime Web culture critic Cole Stryker traces their growing importance to mainstream news, community activism, and new creative media. Starting with the "anti-Facebook," the web community at 4chan.org, the book follows the evolution of Internet culture from humorous memes to political game-changers. Whether chronicling how Sarah Palin’s personal email account was hacked or dissecting the threat of cyber-bullying, Stryker’s engrossing and approachable book proves the transformative cultural impact of the Internet and the communities it sustains.

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Epic Win for Anonymous: An Online Army Conquers the Media

Epic Win for Anonymous: An Online Army Conquers the Media

by Cole Stryker
Epic Win for Anonymous: An Online Army Conquers the Media

Epic Win for Anonymous: An Online Army Conquers the Media

by Cole Stryker

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Epic Win for Anonymous is the first book to tell the story of the genesis of the rogue protest groups—including Anonymous, LulzSec, and AntiSec– currently changing our world.
Longtime Web culture critic Cole Stryker traces their growing importance to mainstream news, community activism, and new creative media. Starting with the "anti-Facebook," the web community at 4chan.org, the book follows the evolution of Internet culture from humorous memes to political game-changers. Whether chronicling how Sarah Palin’s personal email account was hacked or dissecting the threat of cyber-bullying, Stryker’s engrossing and approachable book proves the transformative cultural impact of the Internet and the communities it sustains.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781468300598
Publisher: The Overlook Press
Publication date: 09/04/2012
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 5.10(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Cole Stryker is a freelance writer and media consultant based in New York City. He is the author of Epic Win for Anonymous, the first book to tell the story of the genesis of the Internet-based protest groups and creative memes currently changing our world. Stryker has been interviewed about his writing by The New York Times, Reuters, New York Observer, Salon, and The Rumpus.

Table of Contents

Introduction 11

Chapter 1 Memes: Shared Nuggets of Cultural Currency 15

Chapter 2 Discovering 4chan 35

Chapter 3 4chan in a Day 41

Chapter 4 Tracing 4chan Ancestry 107

Chapter 5 The Rise of 4chan 143

Chapter 6 The Meme Industry 159

Chapter 7 The Meme Life Cycle 205

Chapter 8 Merry Pranksters, Freedom Fighters, or Sadistic Bullies? 225

Chapter 9 The Anti-Social Network 271

Epilogue 281

Acknowledgments 285

Bibliography 286

Index 298

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