Virtual unreality : just because the Internet told you, how do you know it's true? /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Viking,
2014.
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| Summary: | 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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 248 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780670026081 (hbk.) 0670026085 (hbk.) |