Summary: This week we talk with Gabriella Coleman about her current research on Anonymous and her recently published book, Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking [1], which you can download for free [2] under a Creative Commons license. We discuss the rise of Anonymous, how to research a web-based collective whose members hide their identity, the art of “trolling”, and the political significance of the group. The Society Pages' Community Page Cyborgology has also written a review of Coding Freedom, which can be read here [3]. Download Office Hours #65 [4] [1] http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9883.html [2] http://gabriellacoleman.org/Coleman-Coding-Freedom.pdf [3] https://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2012/12/31/book-review-coding-freedom-the-ethics-and-aesthetics-of-hacking/ [4] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH65_Coleman.mp3
