| Description |
xxi, 199 pages : illustration ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: if it's on the internet, it must be true / Anne P. Mintz -- Social media and intentional misinformation / Meg Smith -- They know where you live : guarding your privacy and identity / Cynthia Hetherington -- Demonizing the "other" / Eli Edwards -- Ebuyer beware / Ben Fractenberg -- Information warfare and cybersecurity / Deborah A. Liptak -- The intentional misleading of the American public : political misinformation / Laura Gordon-Murnane -- Charity scams / Craig Thompson -- Concluding thoughts / Anne P. Mintz -- Appendix A: Evaluating websites / Amber Benham -- Appendix B: The technologies of deceit : an annotated glossary / Deborah A. Liptak -- About the contributors |
| Summary |
For all its amazing benefits, the worldwide social media phenomenon--epitomized by such sites as Facebook, Myspace, eBay, Twitter, and craigslist--has provided manipulative people and organizations with the tools (and human targets) that allow hoaxes and con games to be perpetrated on a vast scale. In this eye-opening follow-up to her popular 2002 book, Web of Deception, Anne P. Mintz brings together a team of expert researchers, journalists, and subject experts to explain how misinformation is intentionally spread and to illuminate the dangers in a range of critical areas. Web of Deceit is a must-read for any internet user who wants to avoid being victimized by liars, thieves, and propagandists in the age of ubiquitous social media |
| Analysis |
Computer crime |
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Evaluation |
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Opinion manipulation |
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Overseas item |
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Privacy |
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Social media |
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Websites |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Computer network resources -- Evaluation.
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Electronic information resource literacy.
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Internet fraud.
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Internet searching.
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| Author |
Mintz, Anne P., editor
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| LC no. |
2011033116 |
| ISBN |
0910965919 (paperback) |
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9780910965910 (paperback) |
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