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Virtual unreality : the new era of digital deception
"In Virtual Unreality, mathematician, science reporter, and journalist watchdog Charles Seife takes us deep into the information jungle and cuts a path through the trickery, fakery, and cyber skullduggery that the Internet enables. Providing a much-needed toolkit to help separate fact from fiction, Seife addresses the problems that face us every time we turn on our computers and Google our most recent medical symptoms, read a politician's tweet, fact-check something on Wikipedia, or start an online relationship" -- provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780143127673
- ISBN: 0143127675
- Physical Description: vi, 248 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2015.
- Copyright: ©2014
Content descriptions
| General Note: | First published in hardcover by Viking Penguin, 2014, with the title: Virtual unreality : just because the Internet told you, how do you know it's true? --verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Computer network resources > Evaluation. Internet > Safety measures. Internet fraud > Prevention. Internet literacy. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at State Library of Alabama.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| APLS | 025.04 SEI | 31291002985040 | Stacks | Available | - |
