SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Suicide Of Amanda Todd, Differential Association, Iceberg
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Observational research at conferences, meetings, events etc. Dominant norms and values of hacker subculture. Desire to explore it and apply it in new ways. Importance of being hands on (learn by doing) Belief that technology can solve our problems (technological utopianism) Constant pursuit of new skills and knowledge. You will be cut off of their knowledge or computer. Successes are attributed to individual or group alias/handle. Elite hacker - high status, innovative, proven track record. Script kiddie - low status, low skill, depends on other hackers. Scene whore - no status, no skill, want to be part of the scene. Denote your ethical approach: white hat : innocent, minimal damage, maybe even beneficial . Grey hat: do a bit of both. In addition to being male and early exposure to technology. Devianat peers (friends who hack help friends hack) Holt, bossler, and may (2012) found deviant peers predicted cyber deviance and hacking among high school kids.
