Virtual unreality: just because the Internet told you, how do you know it's true?
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Oberlin Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
025.04 SEIFE
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Oberlin Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
025.04 SEIFE
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Published:
New York, New York : Viking, 2014.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
vi, 248 pages ; 22 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780670026081, 0670026085, 0670026085, 9780670026081 (hbk.)
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239) and index.
Description
Seife takes "us deep into the Internet information jungle and [cuts] 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"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Seife, C. (2014). Virtual unreality: just because the Internet told you, how do you know it's true? Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Seife, Charles. 2014. Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It's True? Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Seife, Charles, Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It's True? Viking, 2014.
MLA Citation (style guide)Seife, Charles. Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It's True? Viking, 2014.
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Internet fraud |x Prevention. | |
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