Lecture - Week Eight

Well I will be honest, I didn't actually attend the lecture this week. I was lucky enough to be spending my time trying to write a 2,000 word essay. YAY for me! Anywayyyy.. I had a look at the lecture notes/novel Stephen Stockwell put up.

It was very full on so but from what I can can gather it is to do with the politics of the internet. Internet related terms used include:

CyberPolitics - politics as carried out in cyberspace, comprehending such concepts as electronic voting. (Wikitionary)




eDemocracy - E-democracy represents the use of information and communication technologies and strategies by democratic actors within political and governance processes of local communities, nations and on the international stage. Democratic actors/sectors include governments, elected officials, the media, political organizations, and citizen/voters. (Wikipedia)






Hacker: A slang term for a computer enthusiast, i.e., a person who enjoys learning programming languages and computer systems and can often be considered an expert on the subject(s). Among professional programmers, depending on how it used, the term can be either complimentary or derogatory, although it is developing an increasingly derogatory connotation. The pejorative sense of hacker is becoming more prominent largely because the popular press has coopted the term to refer to individuals who gain unauthorized access to computer systems for the purpose of stealing and corrupting data. Hackers, themselves, maintain that the proper term for such individuals is cracker. (Webopedia)




Cyberpunk: Cyberpunk is about expressing (often dark) ideas about human nature, technology and their respective combination in the near future. (Cyberpunk Review)




Can't exactly see the comparisons when thinking of what springs to mind about 'real' punk.