The net delusion : the dark side of Internet freedom / Evgeny Morozov.

Author/creator Morozov, Evgeny
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York, NY : PublicAffairs, ©2011.
Descriptionxvii, 409 pages : portrait ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentInhaltsverzeichnis
Subjects

Contents The Google doctrine -- Texting like it's 1989 -- Orwell's favorite lolcat -- Censors and sensibilities -- Hugo Chavez would like to welcome you to the spinternet -- Why the KGB wants you to join Facebook -- Why Kierkegaard hates slacktivism -- Open networks, narrow minds : cultural contradictions of Internet freedom -- Internet freedoms and their consequences -- Making history (more than a browser menu) -- The wicked fix.
Abstract In this spirited book, journalist and social commentator Evgeny Morozov shows that by falling for the supposedly democratizing nature of the Internet, Western do-gooders may have missed how it also entrenches dictators, threatens dissidents, and makes it harder-not easier-to promote democracy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 325-394) and index.
LCCN 2010039066
ISBN9781586488741 (alk. paper) :
ISBN1586488740 (alk. paper)