Evgeny Morozov

Meme Wars and the Death of the Underground

Rajiv Naresh | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Counterculture, New York Times, Underground Art, Internet, Internet Memes, Evgeny Morozov, Le Flaneur Paris, Richard Dawkins, Media News
Rajiv Naresh

We must consolidate a singular identity. With 845 million users worldwide, Facebook has decided on behalf of the cyber universe that everything MUST be social. And the tyranny of a compulsorily social world is that it negates the possibility of the underground and the alternative.

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The Internet as a Tool for Repression

Mark Engler | Posted 06.28.2011

Read More: Egypt, RSA Animate, Iran, Tunisia, Online Organizing, Evgeny Morozov, Twitter Revolution, World News
Mark Engler

Evgeny Morozov criticizes the assumption that the Internet is necessarily helping to promote democracy.

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The Lost Art of Staring into Space

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Susan Maushart, Sherry Turkle, Cupcakes, Disconnecting, Evgeny Morozov, The Winter of Our Disconnect, Iphones, Books News
Elizabeth Benedict

At a bakery near my apartment last Sunday, I watched a girl, about 10 years old, eat a cupcake and try to get her mother's attention, but Mom had eyes and fingers only for her iPhone.

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Sat Dishes and Revolution: Why Al Jazeera Matters There -- and Here

Tom Watson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Twitter, Facebook, Al Jazeera, Cnn, Ted Turner, Charlie Sheen, Fios, Cablevision, El Abidine Ben Ali, Brian Stelter, Nancy Scola, Jasmine Revolution, Evgeny Morozov, Tahrir Square, Time Warners, Quora, Drudge Report, Mohamed Nanabhy, Media News
Tom Watson

You won't find it on Time Warner or Cablevision, but Al Jazeera's English language television service is laying claim to the viewing loyalty of news-hungry, media-obsessed Westerners.

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Alec Ross' Odd Tweet About 21st Century Statecraft

Andrew Rosen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hezbollah, 21st Century Statecraft, Evgeny Morozov, Alec Ross, Al Qaeda, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Council on Foreign Relations, Obama Administration, Technology News
Andrew Rosen

We continue to hear about the country's positive scientific developments, including the winner of the most recent Apps for Africa contest. But we should also be hearing as much as about the setbacks.

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