Examining Cybersecurity Imaginaries through Fiction

通过小说审视网络安全想象

• 批准号: 2739040
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Bath
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2739040
• 关键词: Examining; Cybersecurity; Imaginaries; through; Fiction

There is a well-documented relationship between fiction and the construction of imaginaries, or how people perceive the world around them (Cave et al., 2018). Public perceptions of cybersecurity are strongly influenced by media representations (Gordon, 2010), and inaccurate portrayals can lead to misplaced anxieties, perceptions, and behaviours, expanding the gap between reality and fiction (Krapp, 2019). However, the crossover between fiction and cybersecurity remains relatively unexplored. This project maps cybersecurity portrayals in fictional media, studying how they have evolved over time and how they have shaped public imaginaries of cybersecurity. It aims to bridge the gap between the social and technical elements of fictional representations, considering both the technical accuracy and how this constructs a shared imaginary of cybersecurity to a largely non-expert audience.

小说与想象的构建之间存在着充分的关系，或者人们如何感知周围的世界（Cave et al., 2018）。公众对网络安全的看法受到媒体表述的强烈影响（Gordon, 2010），不准确的描述可能导致错误的焦虑、看法和行为，扩大现实与虚构之间的差距（Krapp, 2019）。然而，小说和网络安全之间的交叉仍然相对未被探索。该项目描绘了网络安全在虚构媒体中的形象，研究它们是如何随着时间的推移而演变的，以及它们是如何塑造公众对网络安全的想象的。它旨在弥合虚构表现的社会和技术元素之间的差距，既考虑技术准确性，又考虑如何为非专业观众构建一个共享的网络安全想象。