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Web Of Deception : Misinformation On The Internet

  • Web Of Deception : Misinformation On The Internet

  • Attribution

    edited by Anne P. Mintz

  • Publication Details

    Book, CyberAge Books, 2002

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  ZA4201 .W43 2002  AVAILABLE

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  • Description

    As the Internet has become flooded with untrustworthy information, some of which is intentionally misleading or erroneous, this book teaches Web surfers how inaccurate data can affect their health, privacy, investments, business decisions, online purchases, and legal affairs. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

  • Author

  • Subject

  • Notes

    • Intentionally misleading or erroneous information on the Web can wreak havoc on your health, privacy, investments, business decisions, online purchases, legal affairs, and more. Until now, the breadth and significance of this growing problem for Internet users have yet to be fully explored. In Web of deception, Anne P. Mintz brings together 10 information industry gurus to illuminate the issues and help you recognize and deal with the flood of deception and misinformation within a range of subject areas

  • Contents

    • Web hoaxes, counterfeit sites, and other spurious information on the Internet /Paul S. Piper
    • Charlatans, leeches, and old wives : medical misinformation /Susan M. Detwiler
    • It’s a dangerous world out there : misinformation in the corporate universe /Helene Kassler
    • Internet users at risk : the identity /privacy target zone /Stephen E. Arnold
    • Brother have you got a dime? Charity scams on the Web /Carol Ebbinghouse
    • Welcome to the dark side : how e-commerce, online consumer, and e-mail fraud rely on misdirection and misinformation /Lysbeth B. Chuck
    • Make sure you read the fine print : legal advice on the Internet /Carol Ebbinghouse
    • How to evaluate a web site /LaJean Humphries
    • This is what I asked for? The searching quagmire /Susan Feldman
    • How a search engine works / Elizabeth D. Liddy
    • Getting mad, getting even, getting money : remedies for intentional misinformation / Carol Ebbinghouse
    • |gEndnote :What a tangled web we weave /Barbara Quint and Anne P. Mintz

  • ISBN

    • 0910965609

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