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This is a 4 page paper discussing the question of whether or not the hacker community could be considered a counterculture. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines “counterculture” as “a culture, especially of young people, with values or lifestyles in opposition to those of the established culture”. Jay Michaelson extends the definition further emphasizing that “a counterculture should be more than just a taste in music or clothes – it should be a culture, complete with language, style, ideology (or the explicit rejection of), identity-definers, and mores of social interaction”. A review of the websites available to and referring to hackers often refer to their community as “a shared culture” and in many ways, because of the language, ideology and mores expected of hackers, they could be considered in some ways as a counterculture. However, there are also extreme hacker groups, such as Warez which are more so in “opposition” to accepted culture and more within the definition of a counterculture. The hacker community likes to differentiate the culture of “hackers” from that of “crackers” like Warez.
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opposition to those of the established culture". Examples within Western society have ranged a great deal in what is considered a counterculture. For instance, the radical youths of the 1960s
were considered to have adopted lifestyles which were counterculture but so too are extremist groups considered to be counterculture such as the Ku Klux Klan and the Hells Angels. Jay
Michaelson (2002) extends the definition further emphasizing that "a counterculture should be more than just a taste in music or clothes - it should be a culture, complete with language,
style, ideology (or the explicit rejection of), identity-definers, and mores of social interaction". In addition, Michaelson argues that "there are ways to identify the reality of a membership in a
counter-culture, as contrasted with the poseurs who assume the style for whatever reason or other but are still members of the majority culture at heart" (Michaelson, 2002). Countercultures must in
some way also be "counter" or "opposite" in relation to the majority of culture. The 1960s hippies were considered to be "overt" in their counterculture while some countercultures tend to
be more covert which is contrary to the expected social interaction within society (Michaelson, 2002). A review of the websites available to and referring to hackers often refer to their
community as "a shared culture" and in many ways, because of the language, ideology and mores expected of hackers, they could be considered in some ways as a counterculture. However,
there are also extreme hacker groups, such as Warez which are more so in "opposition" to accepted culture and more within the definition of a counterculture. The hacker community likes
to differentiate the culture of "hackers" from that of "crackers" like Warez (Raymond, 2001). Raymond (2001) on his site "How to Become a Hacker" defines the terminology and the culture
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