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This book examines fake news in the digital information age, as well as its impact on society, especially in education, politics, and public policy.

This book will help readers identify strategies to understand, avoid and handle fake news, misinformation, disinformation, information overload, surveillance and privacy loss, cyberbullying, hacking and other security flaws, and online and IT behavioral conditioning.

For as long as there has been a press, fake news has played a role in the disruption of how factual information is shared among people. Misinformation goes back even further, spreading through the use of lies and rumors, spoken or written, for various political and social purposes. In this book, we will trace a brief history of fake news, examine its antecedents and precursors, before looking at the way it is currently employed using digital i...

This riveting graphic novel biography chronicles Vladimir Putin's rise from a mid-level KGB officer to the autocratic leader of Russia and reveals the American missteps that paved his way there.American politicians and pundits have portrayed Vladimir Putin as an evil mastermind, hatching meticulously organized plots to destroy America from the shadows. That image of Putin is a lie, and Americans believe it at their own peril. In Accidental Cza...

Always enjoying puns and play on words, Andrew has been waiting for the birden to be lifted off his shoulders for a long time now. He never knew he could just wing it and think of so many puns on the fly. This isn't meant to ruffle your feathers, but if it does...your soarness should be gone by morning. Full of entertaining illustrations, maybe you'll find these as emusing as Andrew does. Fortunately, some say that bird puns and play on words ...

An all-in-one guide to understanding and managing the dark side of our digital lives.It all started out so well: the online world began as an effective tool for communication that carried with it a great promise to level the playing field and eliminate borders. But it's morphed into something totally unintended. We've all had to endure the troll that derails a generally benign conversation, or received that scam email from a wealthy Nigerian p...

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Big data, " as it has become known in business and information technology circles, has the potential to improve our knowledge about human behavior, and to help us gain insight into the ways in which we organize ourselves, our cultures, and our external and internal lives. Libraries stand at the center of the information world, both facilitating and contributing to this flood as well as helping to shape and channel it to specific purposes. But ...

Big data, " as it has become known in business and information technology circles, has the potential to improve our knowledge about human behavior, and to help us gain insight into the ways in which we organize ourselves, our cultures, and our external and internal lives. Libraries stand at the center of the information world, both facilitating and contributing to this flood as well as helping to shape and channel it to specific purposes. But ...

Energy security is likely to grow in importance for Turkey amid increased oil and gas flows from the Caspian region. Helping Turkey build its capacity for pipeline security and maritime disaster response is a promising area for USAF engagement.

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This volume celebrates the career of archaebotanist Professor Gordon C. Hillman. Twenty-eight papers cover a wide range of topics reflecting the great influence that Hillman has had in the field of archaeobotany. Many of his favourite research topics are covered, the body of the text being split into four sections: Personal reflections on Professor Hillman's career, archaeobotanical theory and method, ethnoarchaeological and cultural studies, ...

Intended for laypeople practicing in their work and family lives without the luxury of long meditation retreats, "Beginning Mindfulness" is deeply rooted in Buddhist practice but remains unbound by one particular Buddhist tradition.