Monthly Archives: March 2012

Individual Tasks

Activism in the 21st century What is Social Activism? What is “hacktivism”? And how has the Internet, technology and social media shaped Activism in the 21st Century? Can write Introduction and Conclusion as a group. For now, write a page … Continue reading

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Personas

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Basic Concept Map

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Week 3 Deliverables

Questions from prospective users (Maybe we can write a couple each?!) 3 primary target user groups 3 personas based on these (I will upload later) Mind map (Callum can upload) & Card sort Primary Target User Groups Academics Activists Hackers

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Interesting profile of a hacktivist

Former LulzSec Leader a Troublemaker Both Offline and Online [H]e said that he became a hacktivist when he was 16. He said he became disturbed that the Navy was using Vieques Island in Puerto Rico as a bombing range for … Continue reading

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Ideas

Cyber-activism and hactivism- important to mention we have two different ideas within the one topic. Cyber-activism refers to the utilisation of communicative tools on the internet to gain attention for some particular cause. Hactivism is a more aggressive, typically illegal … Continue reading

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Information about Hactivism(Ida)

Hi Guys, From my own opinion, Our client can be government or educational institutes. Target audience can be possibly the people who are searching and researching the information about cyper activism and hactivism. e.g. amateur or professional web programmer. I … Continue reading

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Freenet: The Free Network – Possible topic for discussion

https://freenetproject.org/whatis.html Freenet is a possible medium for cyber activism and hactivism. From the Freenet site: “Freenet is free software which lets you anonymously share files, browse and publish “freesites” (web sites accessible only through Freenet) and chat on forums, without … Continue reading

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A few ideas for direction of design.

Considering our theme, “cyber activism and hactivism”, I thought the design could have a modern take on the old style communista look. The advent of modern attacks such as hacking hark back to the old days or paranoia, where nobody … Continue reading

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