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DDoS - From Activist Event to Perpetual Crisis
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Volume 8, Issue 1, Crises and Communication, Article 5
October 2021
Theo Röhle
University of Gothenburg, theo.rohle ‘at’ jmg.gu.se
DDoS: From Activist Event to Perpetual Crisis
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This work was supported by the Anne-Marie and Gustaf Anders Foundation for Media Research. I gratefully acknowledge valuable comments provided by the two anonymous reviewers.
Table of contents
- Introduction
- DDoS – Technical Developments
- Phases of Hacktivism
- Phases of DDoS - Technological developments
- Effectivity and Legitimacy of DDoS
- Breakdown and visibility
- DDoS as breakdown
- DDoS becomes ordinary
- The politics of infrastructuring
- Conclusions
- Bibliography