Marcel Rosenbach, Holger Stark: Staatsfeind WikiLeaks (2011) [German]
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WikiLeaks hat sich viele Feinde gemacht. Seit den spektakulären Enthüllungen geheimer Dokumente aus US-Botschaften sowie über die Kriege in Afghanistan und Irak werden die Organisation und ihr Gründer Julian Assange von den USA als Staatsfeind bezeichnet, als Bedrohung betrachtet und mit aller Macht verfolgt.
Holger Stark und Marcel Rosenbach stehen seit Jahren in Kontakt mit WikiLeaks und kennen die Organisation wie kaum ein anderer. In ihrem Buch geben sie exklusive Einblicke in die Arbeit von WikiLeaks und schildern den Aufstieg der Organisation bis zur Jagd auf Assange Ende 2010. Dabei diskutieren sie Fragen, die auch viele Geheimdienstler und Politiker bewegen: Wie weit darf radikale Transparenz gehen? Gibt es nicht auch legitime Staatsgeheimnisse? Ist WikiLeaks eine Art »Geheimdienst des Volkes« und die Zukunft des investigativen Journalismus – oder schlicht die gefährlichste Seite im Internet?
Staatsfeind WikiLeaks. Wie eine Gruppe von Netzaktivisten die mächtigsten Nationen der Welt herausforde
Publisher: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, München, in der Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH und SPIEGEL-Verlag, Hamburg, 24 January 2011
ISBN 978-3-87763-094-5
336 pages
PDF (EPUB; updated on 2012-8-5)
Comment (0)Alexander Star (ed.): Open Secrets: WikiLeaks, War and American Diplomacy (2011)
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“Open Secrets” is the definitive chronicle of the WikiLeaks documents’ release and the controversy that ensued. It brings together all of the classified diplomatic cables and war logs posted on The Times’s Web site, along with 27 new cables selected for this volume — and substantial analyses of what the documents mean and why they matter. In the introduction, Times executive editor Bill Keller takes readers behind the scenes to explain how and why The Times published the documents. Learn more about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a profile by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Times reporter John F. Burns. There are also essays on Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private suspected of being WikiLeaks’s source, and on what the story has revealed about American diplomacy and government secrecy.
Both a legal and technological thriller, as well as a primer on world politics, “Open Secrets” should be of special interest to anyone interested in one of the most compelling news stories of our day.
Complete and Updated Coverage by The New York Times
With an Introduction by Bill Keller
Publisher The New York Times Company, Jan 2011
ISBN 0615439578, 9780615439570
PDF (EPUB; updated on 2012-8-5)
Comment (1)D. E. Wittkower (ed.): Facebook and Philosophy: What’s on Your Mind? (2010)
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Facebook and Philosophy is an entertaining, multi-faceted exploration of what Facebook means for us and for our relationships. With discussions ranging from the nature of friendship and its relationship to “friending,” to the (debatable) efficacy of “online activism,” this book is the most extensive and systematic attempt to understand Facebook yet. And with plenty of new perspectives on Twitter and Web 2.0 along the way, this fun, thought-provoking book is a serious and significant contribution for anyone working with social media, whether in academia, journalism, public relations, activism, or business. Exploring far-reaching questions — Can our interactions on Facebook help us care about each other more? Does Facebook signal the death of privacy, or (perhaps worse yet) the death of our desire for privacy? — Facebook and Philosophy is vital reading for anyone involved in social networks today.
Publisher Open Court, 2010
Volume 50 of Popular Culture and Philosophy
ISBN 0812696751, 9780812696752
288 pages
PDF (updated on 2012-3-9)
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