Cyberliteracy: Navigating the Internet with Awareness

Laura J. Gurak

Yale University Press, Oct 1, 2001 - Computers - 208 pages

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.

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User Review  - Evin Hughes - Goodreads

Gurak proposes that there is an increasing need for a new kind of literacy, known as cyberliteracy, because there is a huge lack of understanding of how to use Internet technologies and how to live ...

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User Review  - Laura - Goodreads

A good book to consider using for composition classes. It needs a new edition, though.

About the author

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

Bibliographic information

• Title: Cyberliteracy: Navigating the Internet with Awareness
• Author: Laura J. Gurak
• Publisher: Yale University Press, 2001
• ISBN: 0300130724, 9780300130720
• Length: 208 pages
• Subjects: Computers / Internet / General