A01=Patrick Burkart
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Author_Patrick Burkart
Author_Tom McCourt
case studies
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commodity development
communication law
competitive advantage
corporations
critical communication
cybersecurity
digital capitalism
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european union
everyday use of technology
fraud
government agencies
government entities
governments
hackers
identity theft
invasive software
lone wolf
managing risk
media studies
political economic model
social change
trusted systems
united states
Product details
- ISBN 9780520300132
- Weight: 318g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 26 Nov 2019
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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When people think of hackers, they usually think of a lone wolf acting with the intent to garner personal data for identity theft and fraud. But what about the corporations and government entities that use hacking as a strategy for managing risk? Why Hackers Win asks the pivotal question of how and why the instrumental uses of invasive software by corporations and government agencies contribute to social change. Through a critical communication and media studies lens, the book focuses on the struggles of breaking and defending the “trusted systems” underlying our everyday use of technology. It compares the United States and the European Union, exploring how cybersecurity and hacking accelerate each other in digital capitalism, and how the competitive advantage that hackers can provide corporations and governments may actually afford new venues for commodity development and exchange. Presenting prominent case studies of communication law and policy, corporate hacks, and key players in the global cybersecurity market, the book proposes a political economic model of new markets for software vulnerabilities and exploits, and clearly illustrates the social functions of hacking.
Patrick Burkart is Professor in the Department of Communication at Texas A&M University. Burkart is the author of Pirate Politics, Music and Cyberliberties, and, with Tom McCourt, Digital Music Wars.
Tom McCourt is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University. McCourt is the author of Conflicting Communications in America and, with Patrick Burkart, Digital Music Wars, as well as co-producer with Joan Grossman of the documentary film Drop City.
Tom McCourt is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University. McCourt is the author of Conflicting Communications in America and, with Patrick Burkart, Digital Music Wars, as well as co-producer with Joan Grossman of the documentary film Drop City.
