The Internet for democracy hype is made of naive cliches
Inappropriate metaphors (according to Morozov): Internet = fax machines on steroids; Internet = information curtain descending upon much of the world”; Berlin Wall being replaced by “virtual walls”; “viral videos and blog posts becoming the samizdat of our day”
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The Internet for democracy hype is made of naive cliches
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