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Virtual unreality : the new era of digital deception

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    S.l., Penguin Publishing Group, 2014
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Equitable Access to Reading Program.

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  • Author: Seife, Charles
    Date:
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    2014
    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.

    Genre:
    True crime stories, Computer science
    Subject(s): Computer network resources--Evaluation | Electronic information resource literacy | Internet literacy | Internet--Safety measures
    Original Publisher: New York, Penguin Books, [S.l.], Penguin Publishing Group
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9780698163515