Home›Sources›Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous (Gabriella Coleman)SourcesHacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous (Gabriella Coleman)Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous (Gabriella Coleman)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/hacker-hoaxer-whistleblower-spy-coleman-2014.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous (Gabriella Coleman). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/hacker-hoaxer-whistleblower-spy-coleman-2014Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-hacker-hoaxer-whistleblower-spy-the-many, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous (Gabriella Coleman)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/hacker-hoaxer-whistleblower-spy-coleman-2014}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXAnthropologist Gabriella Coleman's ethnography of the Anonymous collective, embedded with the group from 2008, opening with "Project Chanology," Anonymous's first coordinated campaign, a January 2008 mixture of viral video, denial of service attacks and street protest against the Church of Scientology after the church sought to remove a leaked Tom Cruise interview from the internet.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (10 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1An academic ethnography by a professor of media, culture and communication, awarded the American Anthropological Association's Diana Forsythe Prize, based on direct embedded fieldwork with the group it describes.NotesWell-attestedCited for the Digital Religion discipline's connecting fact on Scientology and online activism.CitationAuthorWell-attestedGabriella ColemanPublisherWell-attestedVersoPublication YearWell-attested2014Source TypeWell-attestedacademic monographClaims Backed By This Source (10 claims)This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested.Disposition By TopicSources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.Articles, 3 claims: 3 well-attested.Well-attested10ArticlesWhen the Platform Becomes the ProblemSourcesHacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous (Gabriella Coleman)Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year