Web of deceit
Subtitle: misinformation and manipulation in the age of social media
By: edited by Anne P. Mintz
Publisher: CyberAge Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Medford, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780910965910
Subjects: Computer network resources; Internet searching; Electronic information resource literacy; Internet fraud; Evaluation
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: if it's on the internet, it must be true / Anne P. Mintz; title: Social media and intentional misinformation / Meg Smith; title: They know where you live : guarding your privacy and identity / Cynthia Hetherington; title: Demonizing the "other" / Eli Edwards; title: Ebuyer beware / Ben Fractenberg; title: Information warfare and cybersecurity / Deborah A. Liptak; title: The intentional misleading of the American public : political misinformation / Laura Gordon-Murnane; title: Charity scams / Craig Thompson; title: Concluding thoughts / Anne P. Mintz; title: Appendix A: Evaluating websites / Amber Benham; title: Appendix B: The technologies of deceit : an annotated glossary / Deborah A. Liptak; title: About the contributors; title: Index.