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100 1 $aMorozov, Evgeny.
245 14 $aThe net delusion :$bthe dark side of Internet freedom /$cEvgeny Morozov.
246 3 $aDark side of Internet freedom
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bPublicAffairs,$cc2011.
300 $axvii, 409 p. :$bport ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 325-394) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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) -- Wicked fix -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.
520 $aThis volume examines the evolving role of the Internet in activism, dissent, and authoritarian regimes. The author investigates the impact of a range of media on social revolution and activism from television in East Germany to Twitter during Iran's Green Revolution, intertwining that analysis with discussion of the ways governments are able to use the Internet for surveillance of political activity, propaganda dissemination, and censorship. He analyzes the effect of the proliferation of available entertainment and access to consumer goods on the potential for political activity, arguing that opening societies to further consumerism and to Western cultural media has in some ways deterred political activism. The author's argument that the West conflates democratization with consumerism uncovers a critique of the West here for its complacent belief that the Internet and supposed freedom of information is a certain pathway to democratization.
650 0 $aInternet$xPolitical aspects.
650 0 $aInternet$xCensorship.
650 0 $aComputers$xAccess control.
650 0 $aFreedom of information.
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