Now I Know Who My Comrades Are - Couverture souple

Parker, Emily

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0374535515 ISBN 13 : 9780374535513

Editeur : Sarah Crichton Books, 2015

Synopsis

"An essential read." --The Los Angeles Review of Books

"One can practically overdose on the levels of intrigue at play in this account of "netizens," bloggers turned social crusaders turned Internet rock stars." --Boston Globe

In China, university students use the Internet to save the life of an attempted murder victim. In Cuba, authorities unsuccessfully try to silence an online critic by sowing seeds of distrust in her marriage. And in Russia, a lone blogger rises to become one of the most prominent opposition figures since the fall of the Soviet Union. Authoritarian governments try to isolate individuals from one another, but in the age of social media freedom of speech is impossible to contain. Online, people discover that they are not alone. As one blogger put it, "Now I know who my comrades are."

In her groundbreaking book, Now I Know Who My Comrades Are: Voices from the Internet Underground, Emily Parker, formerly a State Department policy advisor, writer at The Wall Street Journal and editor at The New York Times, provides on-the-ground accounts of how the Internet is transforming lives in China, Cuba, and Russia. It's a new phenomenon, but one that's already brought about significant political change. In 2011 ordinary Egyptians, many armed with little more than mobile phones, helped topple a thirty-year-old dictatorship. It was an extraordinary moment in modern history--and Now I Know Who My Comrades Are takes us beyond the Middle East to the next major civil rights battles between the Internet and state control. For example, Parker charts the rise of Russia's Alexey Navalny from ordinary blogger to one of the greatest threats to Vladimir Putin's regime. This book introduces us to an army of bloggers and tweeters--generals and foot soldiers alike. Even as they navigate the risks of authoritarian life, they feel free. Now I Know Who My Comrades Are is their story.

"Parker . . . argues that online communication can undermine authoritarian rule even when its effects don't make their way to the streets." --The New Yorker

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Emily Parker is the digital diplomacy advisor and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. Previously, she was a member of Secretary Clinton's Policy Planning staff at the State Department, where she covered twenty-first-century statecraft, innovation, and technology. Before joining the State Department, she was an op-ed editor at The New York Times and an editorial writer and op-ed editor at The Wall Street Journal. She is the author of Now I Know Who My Comrades Are.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sarah Crichton Books
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0374535515
• ISBN 13: 9780374535513
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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