Web of deceit : misinformation and manipulation in the age of social media / edited by Anne P. Mintz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mintz, Anne P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet fraud.

Electronic information resource literacy.

Computer network resources--Evaluation.

Computer network resources.

Internet searching.

Physical Description:

xxi, 199 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Medford, N.J. : CyberAge Books, [2012]

Summary:

For all its amazing benefits, the worldwide social media phenomenon 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. A decade after the publication of Web of Deception, Anne P. Mintz returns with a new team of researchers, journalists, and subject experts to explain how misinformation is intentionally spread and to illuminate specific dangers.

Web of Deceit is essential reading for any internet user who wants to avoid being victimized by liars, thieves, and propagandists in the age of ubiquitous social media. Book jacket.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0910965919

9780910965910

OCLC:

726821220

Publisher Number:

99948572970