What is the Internet – an endless sea of opportunities or muddy water, where it is easy to become a victim of corporate interests and propaganda? Is the Internet a conductor of democracy? Is it possible to arrange a real revolution using Twitter or Facebook?
Who successfully uses social networks – dictators or those who fight them?
In the book “Internet as an illusion. The reverse side of the network” Political scientist, the author of the term “Twitter-revolution”, Evgeny Morozov, casts doubt on the legitimacy of the formulation of such issues. He argues with the “cyberotopic” belief that modern technologies themselves are able to solve the problems of society or individuals – they are only a tool that can be used in different ways. Morozov offers a new, critical view of the Internet phenomenon and a new language that you can talk about it.
Author
Morozov Evgeny Mikhailovich
Editor
Gornostaev Barbara
Translator
Kriger Ilya
Publisher
Corpus, 2014
Genre
Internet
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