| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 409 pages : portrait ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-394) and index. |
| 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 |
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. |
| Subject |
Internet -- Political aspects.
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Internet -- Censorship.
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Computers -- Access control.
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Freedom of information.
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| ISBN |
9781586488741 alkaline paper |
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1586488740 alkaline paper |
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