Examining Cybersecurity Imaginaries through Fiction

小说与想象的构建或人们如何感知周围世界之间存在着一种有据可查的关系(Cave等人，2018年)。公众对网络安全的认知受到媒体描述的强烈影响(Gordon，2010)，不准确的描述可能会导致错位的焦虑、感知和行为，扩大现实和虚构之间的差距(KRapp，2019)。然而，虚构和网络安全之间的交叉仍然相对未被探索。这个项目绘制了虚拟媒体中的网络安全图景，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。它的目的是弥合虚构表现的社会和技术元素之间的差距，既考虑到技术上的准确性，也考虑到这如何向主要非专家受众构建一个共享的网络安全想象。

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.