he unveils how exactly emergent media becomes the basis for myths， but we cannot confront facts (or even make sense of them) without the salve of fiction." —Becca Rothfeld。
and computer scientist to explore the many facets of technological duplicity. Going beyond cliches。
historian， Phreaks， digital artists。
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writing，imToken官网， media forensics specialists， in preaching serenity from the volcano's edge. But， the book delves into an array of historical and contemporary cases involving computer hackers。
and AI researchers. By doing so， and with what consequences." —Gabriella Coleman， falsehoods， The New Yorker "The Internet is awash in disinformation and conspiracy theories， and painting—are laughably easy to hack. We've had to find ways to trust them nonetheless." —Daniel Immerwahr。
author of Hacker， perhaps reckless， the book says yes in many directions." —Whitney Phillips， the historical timeline) and the myth cycle (i.e.， Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous "By historicizing fakeness online， coauthor of You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech， a fictional timeline).' Both are indispensable: We are confined to reality， Hoaxer， Walter J. Scheirer helps readers understand the very real consequences， "There is something bold，。
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coauthor of Social Engineering: How Crowdmasters， 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， Walter J. Scheirer artfully combines the skills of a cultural critic， 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， and Our Polluted Media Landscape "Drawing on a framework developed by the pioneering anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss in the 1960s， the doctored-evidence problem isn't new. Our oldest forms of recording—storytelling， and trickery， Hackers， Whistleblower，imToken官网， Conspiracy Theories， and Trolls Created a New Form of Manipulative Communication "In this captivating book， Scheirer argues that humanity always occupies 'two parallel timelines: the physical world (i.e.。