Much of the focus of cyber conflict has been on interstate conflict. This article focuses on two interrelated questions in the important but neglected area of cyber contentious politics. First, how does the public feel about the use of different eco tactics including cyber-based tactics carried out by activists involved in the radical environmental movement, a movement that uses protest and sabotage in service of environmental causes? Second, how do anti-technology sentiment and concerns about climate change influence support for different eco tactics? To answer these questions, we conduct a survey and survey experiment on a nationally diverse sample of Americans. We find that Americans are less supportive of certain eco tactics, particularly those that involve property destruction or physical sabotage compared to cyber-based tactics. We further show that anti-technology sentiment and perceived threat from climate change are correlated with increased support for eco direct actions. Using a survey experiment we show that cyber direct actions that result in sabotage are viewed as more acceptable than kinetic actions even though they both result in the same level of destruction. Finally, we include qualitative data from interviews with activists to better understand the strategy and role that new technology and tactics play in the broader radical environmental movement.

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网络和有争议的政治：来自美国激进环保运动的证据

网络冲突的大部分焦点集中在国家间冲突上。本文重点讨论网络争议政治这一重要但被忽视的领域中两个相互关联的问题。首先，公众对激进环境运动（一场利用抗议和破坏来服务环境事业的运动）中的活动人士所使用的不同生态策略（包括基于网络的策略）有何看法？其次，反技术情绪和对气候变化的担忧如何影响对不同生态策略的支持？为了回答这些问题，我们对全国不同的美国人样本进行了调查和调查实验。我们发现，与基于网络的策略相比，美国人不太支持某些生态策略，特别是那些涉及财产破坏或物理破坏的策略。我们进一步表明，反技术情绪和气候变化带来的威胁与对生态直接行动的支持增加相关。通过一项调查实验，我们表明，导致破坏的网络直接行动被认为比动态行动更容易接受，尽管它们都会造成相同程度的破坏。最后，我们纳入了对活动人士访谈的定性数据，以更好地了解新技术和策略在更广泛的激进环境运动中发挥的战略和作用。