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Digital Métis; Computer Hacking as Agonistic and Métic Rhetoric.

Turpin, Christoffer
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7187-9759
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1713370199322221

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2024, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, English.
This dissertation explores the contrast between the Athenian and métic rhetorical paradigms through the lens of the hacker. Arguing the dominant Athenian rhetorical paradigm is marked by public, persuasive, often-disembodied rhetorics in pursuit of epistemic truths, I argue the métic paradigm focuses on stealthy, deceptive, embodied rhetoric in pursuit of advantages over adversaries. Noting how today’s digital rhetorical situation is largely adversarial, this dissertation points to the hacker as an exemplar of métic rhetorics. Through three case studies, each focusing on a different type of computer hack, this dissertation explores how the hacker subjectivity is produced and describes its beneficial lines of flight, discusses the interplay of metaphor and physicality in digital activism and cyberwar, and shows how métic rhetorical practices can be leveraged to create a safer and more just world and thus improve personal and organizational cybersecurity.
John Jones (Committee Chair)
Ben McCorkle (Committee Member)
Jonathan Buehl (Committee Member)
165 p.
Information Technology; Rhetoric
rhetoric, cybersecurity, métis, digital rhetoric, digital activism, cyberwar, SQL injection, DDoS, Social Engineering, SETA, computer hacking.

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  • Turpin, C. (2024). Digital Métis; Computer Hacking as Agonistic and Métic Rhetoric. [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1713370199322221

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Turpin, Christoffer. Digital Métis; Computer Hacking as Agonistic and Métic Rhetoric. 2024. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1713370199322221.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Turpin, Christoffer. "Digital Métis; Computer Hacking as Agonistic and Métic Rhetoric." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1713370199322221

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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