WikiLeaks: news in the networked era

Abstract

The book WikiLeaks: news in the networked era by Charlie Beckett and James Ball is an excellent book offering a systematic documentation on the history of WikiLeaks and the controversial role of the founder, Julian Assange. The destiny of Assange and WikiLeaks are closely linked. One of many uncertainties for the future of WikiLeaks is linked to the outcome of the criminal investigation over the alleged sexual abuse by Assange towards two Swedish women. The authors wisely choose not to go into the details of the case, since the legal case is ongoing, and since the issue of Assange’s possible abuse is irrelevant for the main topic of the book: the future of journalism in the age of internet.