The Resource Virtual unreality : just because the Internet told you, how do you know it's true?, Charles Seife
Virtual unreality : just because the Internet told you, how do you know it's true?, Charles Seife
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The item Virtual unreality : just because the Internet told you, how do you know it's true?, Charles Seife represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Anaheim Public Library.
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- Summary
- "The bestselling author of Proofiness and Zero explains how to separate fact from fantasy in the digital world Digital information is a powerful tool that spreads unbelievably rapidly, infects all corners of society, and is all but impossible to control--even when that information is actually a lie. In Virtual Unreality, Charles Seife uses the skepticism, wit, and sharp facility for analysis that captivated readers in Proofiness and Zero to take us deep into the Internet information jungle and cut a path through the trickery, fakery, and cyber skullduggery that the online world enables. Taking on everything from breaking news coverage and online dating to program trading and that eccentric and unreliable source that is Wikipedia, Seife arms his readers with actual tools--or weapons--for discerning truth from fiction online"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 248 pages
- Contents
-
- Catching the stupid bug
- Appeal to authority
- An army of one
- Telling fake people from real
- The loneliness of the interconnected
- Copy, right?
- Scarcity
- All hat, no cattle
- White noise and the Red Queen
- Artificial unintelligence
- Make money fast
- Companies : private, public, and shady
- This is your brain...
- Living in the raw
- Isbn
- 9780670026081
- Label
- Virtual unreality : just because the Internet told you, how do you know it's true?
- Title
- Virtual unreality
- Title remainder
- just because the Internet told you, how do you know it's true?
- Statement of responsibility
- Charles Seife
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The bestselling author of Proofiness and Zero explains how to separate fact from fantasy in the digital world Digital information is a powerful tool that spreads unbelievably rapidly, infects all corners of society, and is all but impossible to control--even when that information is actually a lie. In Virtual Unreality, Charles Seife uses the skepticism, wit, and sharp facility for analysis that captivated readers in Proofiness and Zero to take us deep into the Internet information jungle and cut a path through the trickery, fakery, and cyber skullduggery that the online world enables. Taking on everything from breaking news coverage and online dating to program trading and that eccentric and unreliable source that is Wikipedia, Seife arms his readers with actual tools--or weapons--for discerning truth from fiction online"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Seife, Charles
- Dewey number
- 025.04
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- ZA4201
- LC item number
- .S44 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Computer network resources
- Internet
- Internet fraud
- Internet literacy
- Electronic information resource literacy
- Label
- Virtual unreality : just because the Internet told you, how do you know it's true?, Charles Seife
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Catching the stupid bug -- Appeal to authority -- An army of one -- Telling fake people from real -- The loneliness of the interconnected -- Copy, right? -- Scarcity -- All hat, no cattle -- White noise and the Red Queen -- Artificial unintelligence -- Make money fast -- Companies : private, public, and shady -- This is your brain... -- Living in the raw
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 248 pages
- Isbn
- 9780670026081
- Lccn
- 2013047849
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- 2013047849
- Label
- Virtual unreality : just because the Internet told you, how do you know it's true?, Charles Seife
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Catching the stupid bug -- Appeal to authority -- An army of one -- Telling fake people from real -- The loneliness of the interconnected -- Copy, right? -- Scarcity -- All hat, no cattle -- White noise and the Red Queen -- Artificial unintelligence -- Make money fast -- Companies : private, public, and shady -- This is your brain... -- Living in the raw
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 248 pages
- Isbn
- 9780670026081
- Lccn
- 2013047849
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- 2013047849
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