Virtual unreality : just because the Internet told you, how do you know it's true?

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Virtual unreality : just because the Internet told you, how do you know it's true?

Title remainder

just because the Internet told you, how do you know it's true?

Statement of responsibility

Charles Seife

Creator

• Seife, Charles

Subject

• Electronic information resource literacy
• Internet -- Safety measures
• Computer network resources -- Evaluation
• Internet literacy
• Internet literacy
• Internet fraud -- Prevention
• Electronic information resource literacy

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"--

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Provided by publisher

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DLC

Dewey number

025.04

Index

index present

LC call number

ZA4201

LC item number

.S44 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography