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.

Laura J. Gurak is associate professor at the University of Minnesota, faculty fellow at the University of Minnesota Law School, and director of the Internet Studies Center.