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The Net Delusion

The Dark Side of Internet Freedom

Evgeny Morozov

Public Affairs, 2011

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Social studies scholar Evgeny Morozov may occasionally be cranky and stylistically conflicted, but his original arguments provide refreshing insights. He debunks nearly religious beliefs about the intrinsically positive power of the Internet and total information access. Morozov demonstrates how propagating this optimistic view of the web drowns out more subtle positions and keeps governmental and societal attention focused on less meaningful activities. getAbstract recommends this worthy polemic to those engaged in cyberculture, those trying to decipher cultural change, and those dedicated to understanding and promoting freer societies.

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The “Google Doctrine” claims that the Internet, by its nature, promotes freedom.
Western world people often view the information revolution through a Cold War prism.
Authoritarian regimes use a blend of dystopian methods, like those in George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World.

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Evgeny Morozov is a Schwartz Fellow at the New American Foundation and contributing editor for the Boston Review and Foreign Policy.

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