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About Evgeny Morozov

Evgeny Morozov is a technology and new-media expert and independent consultant. He is an Open Society Fellow.

Articles by Evgeny Morozov

Monday 29th December

The Alternative's alternative

The "Alternative media" has not made of the web the transformative tool of protest that it had hoped for. The Greek riots demonstrate the chaotic hyper-individualism of networked protest.What role now for the altermedia-ists?
Sunday 21st September

Rights to Spore

A draconian rights regime makes fans into pirates - and trouble for the computer-game industry
Saturday 20th September

Spore, digital rights, and the future of gaming

The controversy about the new computer game Spore reveals the futilityof its owners' restrictive policy over its use, says Evgeny Morozov.
Monday 18th August

Citizen war-reporter? The Caucasus test

The Georgia-Russia war exposes some of the flaws in the idea of citizen journalism
Wednesday 13th August

Russia/Georgia: War of the Web

The Russia-Georgia war is fuelled by digital nationalism 
Tuesday 5th August

Russia: ideology becomes a mash-up

A cyberwar over Solzhenitsyn reveals a deeper national confusion
Monday 30th June

The right to blog: freedom’s next frontier

A "citizen media" summit highlights the potential and danger of activist blogging under dictatorship
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