Dr Tim Jordan
Research interests
My interests break down into two broad areas; social movements and the social and cultural effects of the Internet.
My current primary area of work is Internet studies. I have completed a grounded theorisation of hacking which includes examinations of cracking, free software/open source and the wide variety of other relevant programming and non-programming hacks. This work has led to theoretical work on the nature of technological determinism. Previous to working on hacking I completed with Dr Paul Taylor an extensive analysis of politically motivated hacking. I am currently exploring the social worlds found among users of massive multiplayer online games, of mobile phones and of pre-Internet letters.
The first area I worked in as part of Cresc was in exploring social movements and popular protest. This produced CRESC Working Paper 7 Social Movements and Social Change and run a one day seminar on the them 'After Social Movements'. I have also recently explored issues of social change and ethics in relation to social movements.
Recent publications
- T. Jordan (2008) Hacking: technological determinism and digital media, Polity.
- T. Jordan '"Haktivism' kolme tyypia--Nettiteknologioiden politiikasta', Politiikka, 1, 2008, pp.21-36
- T.Jordan Politics and the Internet', Hayhtio, T. and Rinne, J. (eds) (2008) Net working/Networking; Politics on the Internet , Tampere, University of Tampere Press, pp254-280,
- T Jordan ‘Online Direct Action: hacktivism and radical democracy’, pp.73-88, in L.Dahlberg and E. Siapera (eds) Radical Democracy and the Internet: interrogating theory and practice, Palgrave MacMillan, 2007, 0-230-00720-1.
- T Jordan (2005) ‘Social Movements and Social Change’, CRESC Working Paper 7
- T Jordan & P Taylor (2004) Hacktivism and Cyberwars: rebels with a cause? Routledge.
- T Jordan (2004) 'The Pleasures and Pains of Pikachu', European Journal of Cultural Studies. 7 (4), pp461-80, 1367-5494.
- T Jordan (2002) Activism!: direct action, hacktivism and the future of society. Reaktion. (S'Engager!: le nouveaux militants, activistes, agitateurs ... Autremont, 2003. Azione Diretta!: le nuove forme della disobedienza radicale. Eleuthera, 2003).
- T Jordan & S Pile (eds.)(2002) Social Change. Blackwell Publishers, ISBN 0-63123-312-1.
- T Jordan (2002) 'Technopower and its Cyberfutures'. In J Armitage & J Roberts (eds.), Living With Cyberspace: technology and society. Continuum.
- T Jordan (2001), 'Language and Libertarianism: the politics of cyberculture and the culture of cyberpolitics', Sociological Review, 49 (1), pp1-17.
- T Jordan (1999) Cyberpower: the culture and politics of cyberspace and the Internet. Routledge.
Contact Details
Sociology Department
Faculty of Social Sciences
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
UK
tel: +44(0)1908 654431
email: t.r.jordan@open.ac.uk