Revisiting the four horsemen of the infopocalypse: Representations of anonymity and the Internet in Canadian newspapers

Authors

Robert Carey
Jacquelyn Burkell, The University of Western OntarioFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2007

Volume

12

Issue

8

Journal

First Monday

URL with Digital Object Identifier

http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/fm.v12i8.1999

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.

Notes

First published in First Monday.

http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1999

Citation of this paper:

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.