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The Dark Side of Our Digital World - And What You Can Do about It (Hardcover)
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The Dark Side of Our Digital World - And What You Can Do about It (Hardcover)
Series: LITA Guides
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An all-in-one guide to understanding and managing the dark side of
our digital lives. What if our assumptions about information and
the Internet are not as clear-cut as we would like to believe? We
have all confronted a failed search, the frustration of looking at
an online troll's obnoxious response in an online forum,
malware-infested software, the loss of privacy, and more. But it's
always the obvious things that we take for granted, like
consciousness. Or time. Or 'information'. A clear definition of
information is seemingly simple, but when looked at closely, there
is more to it. As ubiquitous as water or air, but when it's
compromised or misused, it suddenly becomes noticeable. This book
will attempt to examine some of the issues related to information
that seem to belie its benign nature and will view some of the
information "pathologies," or negative consequences, inherent to
this digital information age. Many of these pathologies are hiding
in plain sight: Fake news Misinformation Disinformation Information
overload Surveillance and privacy loss Cyberbullying Hacking and
other cybersecurity flaws Online and IT behavioral conditioning
Without a concept to better describe what is happening to us, we
may be doomed to repeat these patterns of destructive behavior,
manipulated by external forces and conditions into acting in
predictable ways, or becoming willing participants giving in to our
own worst impulses. The book will help readers identify strategies
to understand, avoid, and handle these problems.
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