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Cyberliteracy
Author: Laura J. Gurak
language: en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date: 2008-10-01
divThe Internet has changed our social spaces, our political and social realities, our use of language, and the way we communicate, all with breathtaking speed. Almost everyone who deals with the Internet and the new world of cyberspace communication at times feels bewildered, dismayed, or even infuriated. In this clear and helpful book, computer communications scholar Laura J. Gurak takes a close look at the critical issues of online communication and discusses how to become literate in the new mass medium of our era. In cyberspace, Gurak shows us, literacy means much more than knowing how to read. Cyberliteracy means being able to sort fact from fiction, to detect extremism from reasonable debate, and to identify gender bias, commercialism, imitation, parody, and other aspects of written language that are problematic in online communication. Active reading skills are essential in cyberspace, where hoaxes abound, advertising masquerades as product information, privacy is often compromised, and web pages and e-mail messages distort the truth. Gurak analyzes the new language of the Internet, explaining how to prepare for its discourse and protect oneself from its hazards. This book will appeal to anyone with an interest in the impact of the Internet on the practices of reading and writing and on our culture in general./DIV
Annual Editions
Author: Kathryn Schellenberg
language: en
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
Release Date: 2001-08
A compilation of articles from such public sources as Technology Review, Communications of the ACM and Training looks at the use of computers and the increasingly important role they play in our lives. These selections examine the role computers play in our economy, our workplaces, our social institutions and explore the implications for interaction and social values. This title is supported by Dushkin Online (http: //www.dushkin.com/online)
Annual Editions: Computers in Society 08/09
This Fourteenth Edition of ANNUAL EDITIONS: COMPUTERS IN SOCIETY provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; a general introduction; brief overviews for each section; a topical index; and an instructor’s resource guide with testing materials. USING ANNUAL EDITIONS IN THE CLASSROOM is offered as a practical guide for instructors. ANNUAL EDITIONS titles are supported by our student website, www.mhcls.com/online.