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BL
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| Record Number
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591315
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b420534
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| Main Entry
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Morozov, Evgeny
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| Title & Author
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The net delusion : : the dark side of Internet freedom /\ Evgeny Morozov
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: PublicAffairs,, c2011
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| Page. NO
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xvii, 409 p. :: port. ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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9781586488741 (alk. paper) :
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: 1586488740 (alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-394) and index
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| Contents
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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
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| Abstract
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In this spirited book, journalist and social commentator Evgeny Morozov shows that by falling for the supposedly democratizing nature of the Internet, Western do-gooders may have missed how it also entrenches dictators, threatens dissidents, and makes it harder-not easier-to promote democracy
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| Subject
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Internet-- Political aspects
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Internet-- Censorship
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Computers-- Access control
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Freedom of information
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| Dewey Classification
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303.48/33
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| LC Classification
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HM851.M665 2011
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