Verified how to think straight, get duped less, and make better decisions about what to believe online

"These days, the world wide web has become the Wild West. We are faced with a seemingly endless source of information, all of it difficult to evaluate. Trusted sources can be full of ads, bad actors can slip under the radar, and seemingly questionable databases might hold a helpful treasure trove. H...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Caulfield, Mike (Author), Wineburg, Samuel S. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2023.
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 i 4500
001 on1372548935
003 OCoLC
005 20240112142600.0
008 230320t20232023ilua b 001 0 eng
010 |a  2023012190 
015 |a GBC3H6109  |2 bnb 
016 7 |a 021212423  |2 Uk 
019 |a 1372549235 
020 |a 9780226822068  |q paperback 
020 |a 0226822060  |q paperback 
020 |a 9780226829838  |q hardcover 
020 |a 0226829839  |q hardcover 
020 |z 9780226829845  |q electronic book 
035 |a (OCoLC)1372548935  |z (OCoLC)1372549235 
040 |a ICU/DLC  |b eng  |e rda  |c DLC  |d OCLCF  |d UKMGB  |d OCLCO  |d GK8  |d YDX  |d IUO  |d WKM  |d PCB 
042 |a pcc 
050 0 0 |a ZA4235  |b .C38 2023 
050 0 4 |a ZA4065  |b .C38 2023 
082 0 0 |a 025.042  |2 23/eng/20230421 
100 1 |a Caulfield, Mike,  |e author. 
245 1 0 |a Verified :  |b how to think straight, get duped less, and make better decisions about what to believe online /  |c Mike Caulfield and Sam Wineburg. 
264 1 |a Chicago, IL :  |b The University of Chicago Press,  |c 2023. 
264 4 |c Ã2023 
300 |a 266 pages :  |b illustrations (chiefly color) ;  |c 21 cm 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Get quick context: it can take as little as thirty seconds, seriously! -- Cheap signals: Or, how not to get duped -- Google: the bestie you thought you knew -- Lateral reading: using the Web to read the Web -- Reading the room: benefiting from expertise when you have only a bit yourself -- Show me the evidence: why scholarly sources are better than promotional materials, newsletters, and random tweets -- Wikipedia: not what your middle school teacher told you -- Video games: the dirty tricks of deceptive video -- Stealth advertising: when ads masquerade as news -- Once more with feeling: using your emotions to find the truth -- Conclusion: Critical ignoring -- Postscript: Large language models, ChatGPT, and the future of verification. 
520 |a "These days, the world wide web has become the Wild West. We are faced with a seemingly endless source of information, all of it difficult to evaluate. Trusted sources can be full of ads, bad actors can slip under the radar, and seemingly questionable databases might hold a helpful treasure trove. Historian Sam Wineburg and media literacy guru Mike Caulfield are here to help with this informative, approachable guide to navigating the internet. With this illustrated tool kit, readers will learn to identify red flags, get quick context, and make better use of common tools like Google and Wikipedia that have the ability to help and hinder in equal measure"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
650 0 |a Internet literacy. 
650 0 |a Internet searching. 
650 0 |a Online manipulation. 
650 0 |a Internet fraud. 
650 0 |a Information literacy. 
650 0 |a Verification (Empiricism) 
700 1 |a Wineburg, Samuel S.,  |e author. 
994 |a C0  |b PCB 
949 |a schlow  |b SANON  |c 025.042 CAU  |d d  |e 39635104552517  |f 760555  |g ddc  |j 11/28/2023 
999 |a 485940