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The Dark Net

The Dark Net

by JamieBartlett (Author)

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    Hardcover 2014

    $3.29
Synopsis

Beyond the familiar online world that most of us inhabit, a world of Google, Hotmail, Facebook and Amazon, lies a vast and often hidden network of sites, communities and cultures where freedom is pushed to its limits to be anything, and where people can be anyone, or do anything, they want. A world that is as creative and complex as it is dangerous and disturbing. A world that is much closer than you think. The Dark Net is not a separate realm, but one that stretches from popular social media sites to the most secretive corners of the deep web. It is a world that is rarely out of the news but one that is little understood - and seldom explored. In The Dark Net, Jamie Bartlett reveals what we are capable of when we're shielded by the computer screen, and presents a revelatory portrait of the internet's strangest subcultures: trolls and pornographers, drug dealers and hackers, political extremists and computer scientists, bitcoin programmers and self-harmers, libertarians and vigilantes. Based on extensive first-hand experience, exclusive interviews and shocking documentary evidence, The Dark Net offers a startling glimpse of human nature under the conditions of freedom and anonymity, and shines a light on an enigmatic and ever-changing world for the very first time.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 320
 Publisher: William Heinemann
Published: 21 Aug 2014
ISBN 10: 0434023159
ISBN 13: 9780434023158
Book Overview: A groundbreaking examination of the darkest corners of the internet

Media Reviews
A fascinating and disturbing journey through the furthest recesses of the Internet. Jamie Bartlett is an expert guide... he shines an invaluable light on a world that remains determinedly opaque. -- Ian Burrell Independent A hell of an achievement... Buy it and read it. -- Hugo Rifkind The Times Eye-opening ... Bartlett is an informal yet informed guide ... As befits a cross-party intellectual, he minimizes binary distinctions, conveying instead a mixture of conservative disquiet and liberal tolerance. The tales he tells are exemplary, titillating and sometimes frightening Times Literary Supplement Bartlett anatomises the usual bogeymen and demonstrates that they're real.The Dark Net is, for anyone engaged with the web and the effects it is having on our culture, necessary reading... a flashlight in a dark, dark cellar. -- Michael Bywater Spectator A fascinating and disturbing exploration of the outer edges of the internet and the human mind. -- Josh Cohen [A] thorough and assiduously researched account of the deviantly erotic, subversive and criminal aspects of web life. -- Bryan Appleyard Sunday Times A confident and well-informed guide... By meeting the people behind the online activity, Bartlett humanises it. -- Douglas Heaven New Scientist The Dark Net offers smart, provoking reportage from the crooked crannies of digital culture, married to a quietly impressive analysis of how technology is amplifying both the best and the worst of us. Required reading for anyone looking to escape media hysteria and get to grips with the 21st century's most compelling, discomforting complexities. -- Tom Chatfield A judgement-free look at the mechanics of trolling and other internet bad behaviour and generates more light than heat. -- Helen Lewis New Statesman, Books of the Year Reveals a hidden, seedy world where people lurk behind pseudonyms and dupe others into revealing their bodies on camera to be used against them in public shaming. If you're shocked to discover that last year approximately 20 per cent of drug users bought their stash online, you'll find this fascinating. Bartlett is an able guide on a journey through the margins of the web. -- Max Wallis Independent, Books of the Year
Author Bio
Jamie Bartlett is the Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at the think tank Demos, where he specialises in online social movements and the impact of technology on society. He lives in London.