Keep Calm and Log On
By Gillian “Gus” Andrews
By Gillian “Gus” Andrews
By Gillian “Gus” Andrews
By Gillian “Gus” Andrews
Category: Science & Technology
Category: Science & Technology
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$24.95
Apr 28, 2020 | ISBN 9780262538763
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Mar 11, 2020 | ISBN 9780262358309
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Praise
Though presented as a how-to manual on safe computer and smartphone use targeted to older, tech-phobic users, this essential crash course also has useful guidance on media literacy and critical thinking. Andrews, producer of the YouTube series The Media Show, believes that technological advances, combined with distrust in information and authorities, have overwhelmed users into a “learned helplessness” and made them more susceptible to manipulation. Discussing how to manage one’s exposure to digital media and to meaningfully evaluate information, she uses photos from the Great Depression, World Wars I and II, and other historical events as examples of times when communities had to pull together, as she believes everyone must do now in the face of technological change. There is practical, technical help in these pages about online privacy, with details on how to create strong passwords and interact with others safely online, as well as a tools to help readers fact-check information encountered online and understand what kinds of intellectual authority professional qualifications do and don’t confer. This should be required reading for both admitted luddites and longtime digital denizens.—Publishers Weekly—
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