The Net Delusion
The Dark Side of Internet Freedom
New York : Public Affairs, [2011]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xvii, 409 pages ; 25 cm
Argues that people must stop thinking of the Internet and social media as instant cures for repression, and asserts that, in some cases, these technological advances can even be used to threaten democracy.
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.
Subjects:
Internet -- Political aspects.
Internet -- Censorship.
Computers -- Access control.
Freedom of information.
Internet -- Political aspects.
Internet -- Censorship.
Computers -- Access control.
Freedom of information.
ISBN:
9781610391061 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.