Cyberliteracy - Navigating the Internet with Awareness

For anyone who has ever felt bewildered, dismayed, or even infuriated by the Internet, this helpful book clearly explains computer communications and how to become literate in cyberspace. With lively stories and interesting case histories, Laura Gurak shows how to sort fact from fiction, detect hoaxes, identify advertising masquerading as product information, protect privacy, and contend with other critical issues related to the new language of the Internet.

About the author

Laura J. Gurak is professor of rhetoric and technical communication at the University of Minnesota, where she also directs the Internet Studies Center. She is the author of several books including Persuasion and Privacy in Cyberspace, published by Yale University Press.

Product details

• Authors: Laura J. Gurak
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2003
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 203 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 240 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT