TY - JOUR
T1 - From NoobGuides to #OpKKK
T2 - Ethics of Anonymous’ Tactical Technical Communication
AU - Colton, Jared S.
AU - Holmes, Steve
AU - Walwema, Josephine
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Association of Teachers of Technical Writing.
PY - 2017/1/2
Y1 - 2017/1/2
N2 - Tactical technical communication research suggests its application to social justice. However, beyond a general advocacy of anti-institutional activity, de Certeau’s notion of tactics provides no detailed ethical framework for ethically justifying tactics. In acknowledgement of this gap, this article foregrounds the ethical thought of feminist philosopher Adriana Cavarero, particularly her concept of vulnerability, as a supplement for those employing tactics for social justice causes. The authors examine the technical documents produced by the hacktivist collective Anonymous.
AB - Tactical technical communication research suggests its application to social justice. However, beyond a general advocacy of anti-institutional activity, de Certeau’s notion of tactics provides no detailed ethical framework for ethically justifying tactics. In acknowledgement of this gap, this article foregrounds the ethical thought of feminist philosopher Adriana Cavarero, particularly her concept of vulnerability, as a supplement for those employing tactics for social justice causes. The authors examine the technical documents produced by the hacktivist collective Anonymous.
KW - Anonymous
KW - Cavarero
KW - care
KW - ethics
KW - tactical technical communication
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U2 - 10.1080/10572252.2016.1257743
DO - 10.1080/10572252.2016.1257743
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85009963251
SN - 1057-2252
VL - 26
SP - 59
EP - 75
JO - Technical Communication Quarterly
JF - Technical Communication Quarterly
IS - 1
ER -