The Dark Net
The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld is a 2014 nonfiction book by Jamie Bartlett. It is published in the United Kingdom by Heinemann, in the United States by Melville House Publishers, and in Australia by Random House . Bartlett discusses online communities away from the mainstream, including those on Tor and the Deep Web. It discusses the darknet and dark web in broad terms, describing a range of underground and emergent subcultures, including social media racists, cam girls, self harm communities, darknet drug markets, cryptoanarchists and transhumanists.[1]
Contents
Throughout the book, Bartlett discusses the history of online communities and trolling, as well as the development of cryptocurrencies and internet crime.[2] Included are his interactions with Amir Taaki, various internet trolls, a person who downloads pictures of child abuse, and neo-Nazi activists.[3] Bartlett stated that he found "positive, helpful and constructive" subcultures on the internet as well as "destructive" ones.[1]
Reception
The Dark Net received generally positive critical reviews. Ian Hargreaves, a University of Cardiff professor of digital economy, wrote in a review posted by the London School of Economics and Political Science Review of Books that the author "sets out chiefly to report rather than to judge."[4] In The Spectator, Michael Bywater wrote that the book is "necessary reading" as many users are unaware of certain communities and aspects of the internet.[5] Andrew McMillen wrote in The Australian that the book "covers a lot of ground [...] without becoming bogged down in technical minutiae."[2] PD Smith of The Guardian described it as "An intelligent and revealing introduction to the denizens of the web's underworld."[3] Wendy M. Grossman of ZDNet UK stated that "Overall, though, the book's great contribution is non-sensationalist reporting about very touchy subjects."[6] Ian Burrell wrote in The Independent that "we see scant evidence of" positive internet communities within the book.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ian, Burrell (2014-08-28). "The Dark Net:Inside the Digital Underworld by Jamie Bartlett, book review". The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-dark-netinside-the-digital-underworld-by-jamie-bartlett-book-review-9696473.html. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 McMillen, Andrew (2014-11-08). "Jamie Bartlett's The Dark Net delves into internet's murky depths". The Australian. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/jamie-bartletts-the-dark-net-delves-into-internets-murky-depths/news-story/03672549be2035da51b1abafd4a49f3f. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Smith, PD (2015-04-03). "The Dark Net by Jamie Bartlett review – do anonymity and connectivity free the darker sides of our nature?". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/03/the-dark-net-by-jamie-bartlett-review. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- ↑ Hargreaves, Ian (2014-10-15). "Book Review: The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld by Jamie Bartlett". London School of Economics and Political Science Review of Books. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2014/10/15/book-review-the-dark-net-inside-the-digital-underworld-by-jamie-bartlett/. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
- ↑ Bywater, Michael (2014-09-13). "A flashlight into the cellar of the lawless 'dark net'". The Spectator. https://www.spectator.co.uk/2014/09/the-dark-net-by-jamie-bartlett-review/. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
- ↑ Grosman, Wendy M (2014-09-10). "The Dark Net, book review: Tales from the internet underworld". ZDNet. http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-dark-net-book-review-tales-from-the-internet-underworld/. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
External links
- Excerpt posted at Medium.com
- Halpern, Sue (2015-10-08). "In the Depths of the Net". New York Review of Books. http://abrahamson.medill.northwestern.edu/WWW/IALJS/Halpern_DarkWeb_NYRB_8Oct2015.pdf. - Preview link - A book review of The Dark Net
- "THE DARK NET Inside the Digital Underworld by Jamie Bartlett". Kirkus Reviews. 2015-05-05. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jamie-bartlett/the-dark-net/.
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