Jeff Jarvis is a journalist with a special interest in new media. He is associate professor at City University of New York's Graduate School of Journalism, directing its new media program. Hes a columnist for the MediaGuardian. He blogs at buzzmachine and tweets @jeffjarvis
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Published in: HomeIntellectuals against the public sphere: how to do debate better than Evgeny Morozov's tear-downEvgeny Morozov, an engaging thinker whom we have enjoyed publishing on openDemocracy, produced an intemperate review of a peer's book. Here, that peer responds in an exemplary way. An attempt to shut down conversation has, in the best sort of Streisand effect, back-fired and opened it up.