Hi Iain, You should definitely take a look at Gabriella Coleman's work ( http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Gabriella_Coleman) on Anonymous and get in touch with her for more information. She would be a great contact for you. Best, Matt --------------------------------------------------------- Matthew K. Gold, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, New York City College of Technology (English) and CUNY Graduate Center (Interactive Technology and Pedagogy) Project Director, CUNY Academic Commons <http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/> 300 Jay Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201 http://mkgold.net mattgold@gmail.com On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Iain Ros MacKenzie <IRosMacKenzie@gmail.com>wrote:
Hello everyone,
I am curious to know if anyone on this list knows if there have been any pieces of academic work on the subject of 4chan and the phenomenon of anonymity on the Internet? I've been doing some hunting of my own and have so far only found a TED presentation by the website's founder here< http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/christopher_m00t_poole_the_case_for_anony...
, newspaper articles, and of course the Wikipedia and Encyclopedia dramatica entries for the website, which, while interesting, will not be adequate (at least on their own) for the literature review section of my project.
If anyone would be willing to point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated!
Yours sincerely, Iain MacKenzie