This essay examines the origins, structure, and tactics of Anonymous. Anonymous is a meme-complex shared by unique actors and networks of activists that are born digital, have network structures, and engage in ‘digital image politics’. Anonymous networks demonstrate an evolution in image politics by staging image events in cyberspace and physical space, while using the mobile public screens of social media to both circumvent and hijack the public screens of mass media.
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