What is it about?
A review of three books on internet risks, for The Political Quarterly, The books reviewed are ‘The Internet Trap: How the Digital Economy Builds Monopolies and Undermines Democracy’ by Matthew Hindman, Princeton University Press 2018, pp240‘Listening In: Cybersecurity in an Insecure Age’ by Susan Landau, Yale University Press2017, pp221‘Democracy Hacked: Political Turmoil and Information Warfare in the Digital Age’ by MartinMoore, Oneworld 2018, pp320
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Why is it important?
It explains adverse effects of the internet on journalism, economics, freedom of speech and many other areas of life
Perspectives
As a computer journalist and pioneering user of the internet I feel it's important to spread awareness of its risks as well as its benefits
Mr Richard John Pountain
Dennis Publishing
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This page is a summary of: Trapped by the internet?, The Political Quarterly, July 2019, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/1467-923x.12716.
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