Net delusion : how not to liberate the world

By:

Morozov, Evgeny

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Allen Lane London 2011Description: xvii,408 p. 23 cm ; Hard BoundISBN:

978-1846143533

Subject(s):

Sociology Internet--Censorship Internet--Political aspects Freedom of Information

DDC classification:

303.4833 MOR

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: Does free information mean free people? At the start of the 21st century we were promised that the internet would liberate the world. In 'The Net Delusion', Evgeny Morozov destroys this myth, arguing that 'internet freedom' is an illusion, and that technology has failed to help protect people's rights.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	GSB Collection	303.4833 MOR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		40900

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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.

Does free information mean free people? At the start of the 21st century we were promised that the internet would liberate the world. In 'The Net Delusion', Evgeny Morozov destroys this myth, arguing that 'internet freedom' is an illusion, and that technology has failed to help protect people's rights.

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