Semester
Spring
Date of Graduation
2012
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MA
College
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Sociology and Anthropology
Committee Chair
Corey Colyer.
Committee Co-Chair
Jason Manning
Committee Member
Rachel Stein
Abstract
This research is a qualitative analysis of digital piracy at the height of Napster in 1999. The findings support the notion that technology has given rise to several new techniques of neutralization. In some cases these techniques are completely new and in others they are 21st century updates to traditional techniques. Furthermore, this research uses forum posts from USENET to determine that guardianship as created by Cohen and Felson's Routine Activities Theory is uniquely connected to neutralization based on two unique guardianship qualities, authority and capacity.
Recommended Citation
Davies, Christopher D., "A Theoretical Relationship Between Guardianship and Techniques of Neutralization: A Qualitative Analysis of Digital Piracy" (2012). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 839.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/839