The Net Delusion

Informationen zum Autor Evgeny Morozov Klappentext In The Net Delusion: How Not to Liberate the World Evgeny Morozov argues that our utopian, internet-centric thinking holds devastating consequences for the future of democracy. We were promised that the internet would set us free. From the Middle East's 'twitter revolution' to Facebook activism, technology would spread democracy and bring us together as never before. We couldn't have been more wrong. In The Net Delusion Evgeny Morozov shows why internet freedom is an illusion. Not only that - in many cases the net is actually helping oppressive regimes to stifle dissent, track dissidents and keep people pacified, with companies such as Google and Amazon helping them do it. This book shows that free information doesn't mean free people - and that, right now, everyone's liberty is at stake. >  Malcolm Gladwell >   Observer >   Daily Telegraph >   Independent >   Sunday Times >   Financial Times Evgeny Morozov is a contributing editor to Foreign Policy and runs the magazine's influential and widely-quoted 'Net Effect' blog about the Internet's impact on global politics. Morozov is currently a Yahoo! fellow at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. Zusammenfassung Argues that our utopian, internet-centric thinking holds devastating consequences for the future of democracy. In this book, the author shows why internet freedom is an illusion. It also shows that free information doesn't mean free people - and that, right now, everyone's liberty is at stake.

Product details

• Authors: Evgeny Morozov, Morozov Evgeny
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.04.2012
• EAN: 9780141049571
• ISBN: 978-0-14-104957-1
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 28 mm
• Series: ALLEN LANE
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Censorship, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Human rights, civil rights, Freedom Of Information & Freedom Of Speech, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects, Ethical issues: censorship / freedom of expression