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Author Morozov, Evgeny.

Title The net delusion : the dark side of internet freedom / Evgeny Morozov
Edition 1st ed
Published New York : PublicAffairs, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource
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
Summary "The revolution will be Twittered!" declared journalist Andrew Sullivan after protests erupted in Iran. Yet for all the talk about the liberalizing force of the internet, regimes in Iran and China are as stable and repressive as ever. In fact, authoritarian regimes are effectively using the internet to suppress free speech and democracy. What's more, the latest research shows that greater access to information pacifies a population as much as it incites it to revolution. If we in the West are to promote liberal ideals, we'll have to do more than fund Facebook. In this book, blogger and social
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Internet -- Political aspects.
Internet -- Censorship
Computers -- Access control.
Freedom of information.
COMPUTERS -- Information Technology.
Computers -- Access control
Freedom of information
Internet -- Censorship
Internet -- Political aspects
Internet
World Wide Web
Politik
Missbrauch
Zensur
Zugriffskontrolle
Informationsfreiheit
Internet.
Soziale Software.
Informationsfreiheit.
Zensur.
Internet -- politiska aspekter.
Internet -- censur.
Informationsfrihet.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010039066
ISBN 1586488759
9781586488758
9781610391634
1610391632
1586488740
9781586488741
6613263729
9786613263728