Overview
A smart, lively history of the Internet free culture movement and its larger effects on society - and the life and shocking suicide of child prodigy, Aaron Swartz, hacktivist and founding developer of Reddit, Creative Commons and Watchdog.net
Full Product Details
Author: Justin Peters
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Duckworth Overlook
ISBN: 9780715652695
ISBN 10: 0715652699
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 22 March 2018
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
`Paints a full picture of a remarkable and tragically short life' * Sunday Times * `Peters captures Swartz flawlessly' * The New York Times, Book Review * `An uncommonly good book - ambitious, erudite, meticulously crafted' -- Evan Ratliff * Wired * `Pinpoints the complex questions that our culture has to answer if we are to move forward into the future without forgetting our past' -- Lisa Rein, Cofounder of Creative Commons and Aaron Swartz Day `Masterfully narrates the story of Aaron Swartz' -- Gabriella Coleman, author of Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous `An exceptionally crafted story... a bold and important history of information policy in the Internet age that everyone should read' -- Adam Clark Estes, Senior Writer at Gizmodo
`Paints a full picture of a remarkable and tragically short life’ * Sunday Times * `Peters captures Swartz flawlessly’ * The New York Times, Book Review * `An uncommonly good book – ambitious, erudite, meticulously crafted’ -- Evan Ratliff * Wired * `Pinpoints the complex questions that our culture has to answer if we are to move forward into the future without forgetting our past’ -- Lisa Rein, Cofounder of Creative Commons and Aaron Swartz Day `Masterfully narrates the story of Aaron Swartz’ -- Gabriella Coleman, author of Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous `An exceptionally crafted story… a bold and important history of information policy in the Internet age that everyone should read’ -- Adam Clark Estes, Senior Writer at Gizmodo
Author Information
JUSTIN PETERS is a correspondent for Slate and contributing editor at the Columbia Journalism Review. Since graduating from Cornell University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, he has written for publications including The New York Times, Washington Monthly and Travel and Leisure, and is a frequent speaker at journalism conferences across the world. Find out more at: http://freejustinpeters.com/
