Virtual unreality : just because the Internet told you, how do you know it's true? / Charles Seife.
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 Wikip...
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Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Viking,
2014.
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Physical Description: | vi, 248 pages ; 22 cm |
Format: | Book |
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"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Call Number: | ZA4201 .S44 2014 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780670026081 0670026085 |