TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seife,Charles
TI  - Virtual unreality: just because the Internet told you, how do you know it's true? 
SN  - 9780670026081 :
AV  - ZA4201 .S44 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York, New York
PB  - Viking
KW  - Computer network resources
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Internet
KW  - Safety measures
KW  - Internet fraud
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Internet literacy
KW  - Electronic information resource literacy
KW  - COMPUTERS / Internet / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - COMPUTERS / Social Aspects / General
KW  - MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239) and index; 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -