The dark side of our digital world : and what you can do about it /: and what you can do about it. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrew Weiss.
• Authors: Weiss, Andrew, 1971-
• Contents: Contents ; ; List of illustrations and tables ; ; Acknowledgments ; ; Dedication ; ; Preface: The dark side of our digital world ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part I: Information and the weapons of mass-distraction ; ; Chapter 1: Into the ‘upside-down’: identifying our problem ; ; Chapter 2: Online Behavioral Conditioning ; ; Chapter 3: ‘Nudged’: Why your decisions may not be your own ; ; Chapter 4: Surveillance capitalism and the ‘New Economy’ ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part II: Drinking directly from a firehose: the impact of information glut, conspiracy theories, and Internet Balkanization ; ; Chapter 5: Information overload and how to combat it ; ; Chapter 6: Conspiracy, belief, and the compromising of research ; ; Chapter 7: “Whose culture is it, anyway?” Ownership of culture in a digitized world in danger of fragmenting ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part III: Information and Power ; ; Chapter 8: The Online Surveillance State ; ; Chapter 9: Disinformation, misinformation, and “reality” ; ; Chapter 10: The Anti-social network: Dealing with online social media misbehaviors and pathologies ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part IV: Draining the fever swamp ; ; Chapter 11: Combating the Trolls and ‘Bots ; ; Chapter 12: How to keep your privacy – and still live in the real world ; ; Chapter 13: Wide Awake: The future of democracy, digital commons and digital rights advocacy ; ; About the Author ; ; Index
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 025.524; Information behavior; Information resources management; Information technology -- Management; Electronic information resource literacy; Privacy, Right of; Social media -- Psychological aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538119068
• Related ISBNs: 9781538119051
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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