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Web of deception : misinformation on the Internet / edited by Anne P. Mintz [foreword by Steve Forbes].

Title
Web of deception : misinformation on the Internet / edited by Anne P. Mintz [foreword by Steve Forbes].
Publication
Medford, N.J : CyberAge Books, c2002.

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Additional Authors
Mintz, Anne P.
Subject
  • Internet fraud
  • Electronic information resource literacy
  • Computer network resources > Evaluation
  • Internet searching
Genre/Form
  • guide.
  • checklist.
  • glossary.
  • illustration.
  • glossaire.
  • liste de contrôle.
  • guía.
  • glosario.
  • ilustración.
  • lista de control.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- Endnote : What a tangled web we weave / Barbara Quint and Anne P. Mintz.
ISBN
0910965609 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2002004687
OCLC
  • 49610905
  • SCSB-9896922
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library