The net delusion : the dark side of Internet freedom / Evgeny Morozov.
| Author/creator | Morozov, Evgeny |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : PublicAffairs, ©2011. |
| Description | xvii, 409 pages : portrait ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-394) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010039066 |
| ISBN | 9781586488741 (alk. paper) : |
| ISBN | 1586488740 (alk. paper) |