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Author Seife, Charles.

Title Virtual unreality : the new era of digital deception / Charles Seife.

Publication Info. New York : Penguin Books, 2015.
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 248 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary "This book will help you separate fact from fantasy in the digital world. This might include figuring out when you're being fed medical hogwash, offered a date with a digital doll, or persuaded to a point of view by a sockpuppet. Digital democracy can turn into mob rule, but you need not be undefended against this unexpected and dangerous effect of the digital revolution. The author addresses the problems that face each of us every time we turn on our computers"--Publisher's description
Access Concurrent user level: 1 user
Subject Computer network resources -- Evaluation.
Computer network resources -- Evaluation.
Computer network resources.
Internet -- Safety measures.
Internet -- Safety measures.
Internet fraud -- Prevention.
Internet literacy.
Internet fraud.
Electronic information resource literacy.
Electronic information resource literacy.
Internet literacy.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- General.
Other Form: Print version: Seife, Charles. Virtual unreality 9780143127673 (OCoLC)893895257
ISBN 9780698163515 (electronic book)
0698163516 (electronic book)
9780143127673
0143127675