The second self: computers and the human spirit
The second self: computers and the human spirit
The hacker crackdown: law and disorder on the electronic frontier
The hacker crackdown: law and disorder on the electronic frontier
Cyberpunk: outlaws and hackers on the computer frontier
Cyberpunk: outlaws and hackers on the computer frontier
Hackers: Crime in the Digital Sublime
Hackers: Crime in the Digital Sublime
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In this study hackers' motivation is investigated, using the flow paradigm. It was hypothesized that flow increases with the increase of hackers' competence in the IT use. An on-line research was administered within the Russian-speaking community (N=457). The hypothesis was not confirmed: the relationship between hackers' experience and flow is more complicated than the straightforward correlation. Periods of flow experience are changed by periods of flow crisis and then - of flow renovation. A model of hackers' motivational development was presented. Possible measures for preventing the criminal hacking were suggested.