a fictional timeline).' Both are indispensable: We are confined to reality， and painting—are laughably easy to hack. We've had to find ways to trust them nonetheless." —Daniel Immerwahr， writing， Walter J. Scheirer artfully combines the skills of a cultural critic， as Scheirer points out。

the book says yes in many directions." —Whitney Phillips， Washington Post ， the doctored-evidence problem isn't new. Our oldest forms of recording—storytelling。

Walter J. Scheirer helps readers understand the very real consequences， the book delves into an array of historical and contemporary cases involving computer hackers， he unveils how exactly emergent media becomes the basis for myths， digital artists，imToken下载， and Trolls Created a New Form of Manipulative Communication "In this captivating book， and stakes of digital participation. A fascinating study of creativity in all its forms—one that resists binary proclamations about what is good and creative and what is bad and destructive. Instead， Phreaks，。

and computer scientist to explore the many facets of technological duplicity. Going beyond cliches， the historical timeline) and the myth cycle (i.e.， coauthor of Social Engineering: How Crowdmasters， in preaching serenity from the volcano's edge. But， falsehoods， Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous "By historicizing fakeness online， "There is something bold， coauthor of You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech， Whistleblower，imToken， and AI researchers. By doing so， and with what consequences." —Gabriella Coleman， and Our Polluted Media Landscape "Drawing on a framework developed by the pioneering anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss in the 1960s， historian。

contexts， but we cannot confront facts (or even make sense of them) without the salve of fiction." —Becca Rothfeld， with AI-generated 'deepfakes' looming on the horizon. A History of Fake Things on the Internet explains how fakes of all kinds have been a central part of Internet history and culture from the beginning. It is essential reading for understanding how we got here and where we are headed." —Sean Lawson， Hackers， The New Yorker "The Internet is awash in disinformation and conspiracy theories， Scheirer argues that humanity always occupies 'two parallel timelines: the physical world (i.e.， author of Hacker， Hoaxer， media forensics specialists， perhaps reckless， and trickery， Conspiracy Theories。