false 369888 1 Douglas Thomas offers an in-depth history of this important and fascinating subculture, contrasting mainstream images of hackers with a detailed firsthand account of the computer underground. Thomas studies novels and films (Neuromancer, WarGames, Hackers, and The Matrix) and reveals contemporary views of hackers as technological wizards, high-tech pranksters, and virtual criminals. Thomas then examines the court cases of Kevin Mitnick and Chris Lamprecht to determine how hackers are defined as criminals. Thomas finds that popular hacker stereotypes express the public's anxieties about the information age far more than they do the reality of hacking. <P>Douglas Thomas is associate professor in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. 359864 2003 Hacker Culture total:7|5:2|4:1|3:3|1:1| 7 24 9 1 3 0 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 16:32:04 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 16:32:33 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Sep 30 19:33:43 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 08:38:25 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 19:33:44 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jul 24 14:04:55 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 14:04:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Apr 17 12:11:15 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 12:11:15 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Dec 07 17:27:19 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 17:27:19 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Nov 20 20:42:23 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 20:42:23 -0800 2008 1 0 false false Thu Nov 06 15:43:23 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 15:43:29 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue Sep 23 19:29:25 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 19:29:25 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Sep 17 06:11:58 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 06:14:20 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=369888