Description: The difficulties in determining the quality of information on the Internet--in particular, the implications of wide access and questionable credibility for youth and learning.
Brief description: Miriam J. Metzger is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and coeditor of Digital Media, Youth, and Credibility (MIT Press, 2008), one of the inaugural volumes in the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning.
Review Quotes:
For a student of perception, there are few things that are more enjoyable than reading an inspiring text on the problems that occupy one's mind almost constantly. Inspiring moments come hard and fast during the reading of this book.
--Arni Kristjansson Perception