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The Memetic Engineering of Anonymous, the Cyberterrorist Group
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Author(s): Thomas Woolford (Nicholson School of Communication, University of Central Florida, Sanford, FL, USA)and Jonathan Matusitz (Seminole State College, University of Central Florida, Sanford, USA)
Copyright: 2011
Volume: 1
Issue: 4
Pages: 9
Source title:
International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism (IJCWT)
Editor(s)-in-Chief: Brett van Niekerk (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
DOI: 10.4018/ijcwt.2011100101
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Abstract
This paper applies the theory of memetic engineering to a cyberterrorist group: Anonymous. Anonymous was created on the Internet and is a decentralized community that has no leaders. Memetic engineering, a theoretical concept developed by Richard Dawkins (1976), posits that memes (units of cultural transmission) are diffused through cultural channels (e.g., traditional media, social networking sites, etc.) to infect minds that, in turn, will replicate those memes themselves. Memetic engineering is about memetic replication. Memes can be anything from smiley faces to evil ideas. Members of Anonymous operate in (online) disguise and have been known to transmit terrorist memes through online channels such as imageboards, chatrooms, and even YouTube videos.
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