Most young people use Internet for entertainment or photo sharing
Young people do not use Internet for political purposes, but mostly to have fun with their friends
Morozov has seen this in his native Belarus, as well as in Russia, where young people enjoy "a very nice digital entertainment lifestyle." That, he quips, "does not necessarily turn them into the next Che Guevara."
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Technology: Oppressor or liberator? »Technology: Oppressor or liberator?
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Cyber-utopianism »Cyber-utopianism
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Cyber-utopians overstate the revolutionary potential of the Internet »Cyber-utopians overstate the revolutionary potential of the Internet
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Web campaigns disengage youth from protests »Web campaigns disengage youth from protests
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Internet encourages slacktivism »Internet encourages slacktivism
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eActivism substitutes traditional forms of offline participation »eActivism substitutes traditional forms of offline participation
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Internet breeds complacency. It is the new opium of the masses »Internet breeds complacency. It is the new opium of the masses
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Most young people use Internet for entertainment or photo sharing
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East Germans didn't use Western TV's for news but for entertainment »East Germans didn't use Western TV's for news but for entertainment
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Targets are potential lovers, pornography and celebrity gossip »Targets are potential lovers, pornography and celebrity gossip
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