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Information behavior.
Information resources management.
Information technology -- Management.
Electronic information resource literacy.
Privacy, Right of.
Social media -- Psychological aspects.
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Weiss, Andrew, 1971-
Information behavior.
Information resources management.
Information technology -- Management.
Electronic information resource literacy.
Privacy, Right of.
Social media -- Psychological aspects.
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The dark side of our digital world and what you can do about it / Andrew Weiss.
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Weiss, Andrew, 1971-
Rowman & Littlefield, 2020.
Call #:
025
.524
W429d
Subjects
Information behavior.
Information resources management.
Information technology -- Management.
Electronic information resource literacy.
Privacy, Right of.
Social media -- Psychological aspects.
ISBN:
9781538119051 (hc.)
Description:
xiii, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Preface: the dark side of our digital world -- Part I. Information and the weapons of mass-distraction -- Into the 'upside-down': identifying our problem -- Online behavioral conditioning -- 'Nudged': why your decisions may not be your own -- Surveillance capitalism and the 'new economy' -- Part II. Drinking directly from a firehose: the impact of information glut, conspiracy theories, and internet Balkanization -- Information overload and how to combat it -- Conspiracy, belief, and the compromising of research -- "Whose culture is it, anyway?" Ownership of culture in a digitized world in danger of fragmenting -- Part III. Information and power -- The online surveillance state -- Disinformation, misinformation, and "reality" -- The anti-social network: dealing with online social media misbehaviors and pathologies -- Part IV. Draining the fever swamp -- Combating the trolls and 'bots -- How to keep your privacy and still live in the real world -- Wide awake: the future of democracy, digital commons and digital rights advocacy.
Summary:
"This book will help readers identify strategies to understand, avoid and handle fake news, misinformation, disinformation, information overload, surveillance and privacy loss, cyberbullying, hacking and other security flaws, and online and IT behavioral conditioning."--From publisher.
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