Article
Revisiting the four horsemen of the infopocalypse: Representations of anonymity and the Internet in Canadian newspapers
First Monday
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2007
URL with Digital Object Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/fm.v12i8.1999
Disciplines
Abstract
The concept of anonymity is central to much discussion about the Internet. In this paper, we wish to identify the term’s work in the context of more expansive claims about the function, value and consequences of networked information technology in society. We argue that themes and topics in a sample of Canadian print news stories are exemplary of a discourse about the Internet in which anonymity is portrayed as an element that facilitates positive or negative social outcomes of the technology.
Citation Information
Carey, R.F., and Burkell, J.A. (2007). Revisiting the four horsemen of the infopocalypse: Representations of anonymity and the Internet in Canadian newspapers. First Monday, 12(8) August 2007.
First published in First Monday.
http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1999