Download or read book Technically Faking written by Robin Hale and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iris Spark knows exactly what she wants. It hasn’t made her many friends, but it has made her a fixture on all the best ‘Under 30’ lists in Silicon Valley and the CEO of SparkSignal, a company she built from nothing. And now it’s about to make her unemployed. The Board of Directors wants her out. They say she’s difficult. Abrasive. They’ve already set the date to vote in her replacement: someone charming and easily controlled. Her assistant has a plan. One last-ditch effort to overhaul her image. Amber Kowalczyk has lived the hustle so long she is the hustle. And she loves it. She loves her little social media empire and everything it takes to keep on top of it. What she doesn’t love is the rising cost of rent that makes staying in her corner of San Francisco look more and more impossible. But when a cheeky caption on a photo of one of Silicon Valley’s prickliest entrepreneurs results in a clandestine meeting, Amber might have a way out of her mounting debt. It’s simple: Iris Spark has money, Amber Kowalczyk has public opinion, and SparkSignal’s popularity goes up when people think the two of them are dating. It’s only a few weeks. It’s only pretend. What’s the worst that could happen? Technically Faking is a fake relationship F/F romance between a grumpy tech CEO and a charming (but poor) social media darling set in the high-stakes world of Silicon Valley’s start-up scene. Buy now for staged kisses and real feelings!

Download or read book Fake Dating Ra written by Laura Greenwood and published by Drowlgon Press. This book was released on with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sun god and an elf in a fake relationship discover there's only one bed. After telling his friends he's in a relationship, Ra has to find someone to pretend to be his serious girlfriend, and fast. When he turns to the Jinx Dating App, it seems like his wish has been answered - Hannah is also looking for a fake date. Hannah just wants her family to leave her alone and stop asking when she's going to settle down, which means bringing a date to her cousin's destination wedding. But neither of them prepared for the idea that faking love could lead to the real thing, and they'll do anything to escape it. - Fake Dating Ra is a mythology-inspired paranormal m/f romance and part of the Jinx Paranormal Dating Agency series. It features an Egyptian sun god who refuses to fall in love, and the woman who captures his heart. If you enjoy light-hearted paranormal romances featuring gods from different mythologies around the world, a hint of steam, and a happy ever after at the end of every book, start the Jinx Paranormal Dating Agency series today!

Download or read book Post Truth Fake News written by Michael A. Peters and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-02-17 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection brings together international authors to discuss the meaning and purpose of higher education in a “post-truth” world. The editors and authors argue that notions such as “fact” and “evidence” in a post-truth era must be understood not only politically, but also socially and epistemically. The essays philosophically examine the post-truth environment and its impact on education with respect to our most basic ideas of what universities, research and education are or should be. The book brings together authors working in Australia, China, Croatia, Romania, Canada, New Zealand, Portugal, Sweden, UK and USA.

Download or read book Technical Thinking Over 210 ideas to develop your life technically written by Ahmed AbdulRahim Al Zarouni and published by Ahmed AbdulRahim Al Zarouni. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many challenges, requirements, and technical capabilities, and we all need to know what can be done simply and easily directed at everyone. More than 210 practical technical ideas that will develop your life The book includes many ideas, tips, and technical alerts that benefit different segments of society regardless of their various specializations because the content is very simplified for ease of enabling readers to obtain a summary of information in a concise and easy way, the book is for all groups and for all people and useful in all Home, institution, school, and university. The book includes three main sections: for everyone, for individuals, and for institutions; All of which benefit almost all readers. The content may actually speak, but the idea is the same. Knowing the most important details and rationales is the desired goal of the book, which has gathered practical experience for more than 20 years in this field in an intense and in-depth manner. In this new second edition, 75% of new content has been added with enhanced avatars and many previous ideas have been updated and enhanced in an all-new design. *** Not only useful, but I consider it necessary for everyone because it deals with important and practical details in our lives in a simple way. A new book in the way it presents and communicates the idea. Dr. Habib Al Mulla I usually do not like books with technical content and they do not attract me at all, but the book "Technical Thinking" provided information easily that serves our lives as individuals unfamiliar with technology and guides and benefits. Dr. Maysa Rashid Al Ghadeer Not only useful, but I consider it necessary for everyone because it deals with important and practical details in our lives in a simple way. A new book in the way it presents and communicates the idea. Dr. Habib Al Mulla I usually do not like books with technical content and they do not attract me at all, but the book "Technical Thinking" provided information that serves our lives as individuals unfamiliar with technology and guides and benefits. Dr. Maysa Rashid Al Ghadeer The book contains many varied pieces of information and is dominated by simplicity in conveying the information, which makes it easy to handle for everyone, regardless of whether they are technicians or others.

Download or read book Deep Fakes Fake News and Misinformation in Online Teaching and Learning Technologies written by Blankenship, Rebecca J. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Choosing the right technologies to match student learning outcomes in today's technology-integrated classrooms presents educators and instructional designers with multiple curricula and instructional design challenges including selecting appropriate technologies to match desired student learning outcomes. As students continue to have broad access to information from a variety of web-based platforms, educators and educational professionals are increasingly tasked with ensuring the information used to complete key assignments or tasks is authentic and from a verifiable resource. As such, the era of deep fakes in images, audios, videos, and digital texts is more prevalent than ever as numerous programs using artificial intelligence (AI) can significantly alter original content to fundamentally change the intent of original content. Moreover, students are being bombarded by a plethora of information that is either intentionally or mistakenly false and must be navigated with care. Accordingly, educators and educational professionals are now tasked with employing best practices to not only teach basic digital literacy and citizenship skills but also to recognize how technology-immersed learning environments interact with deep fakes and misinformation while equipping students with the tools necessary to recognize authentic and altered content. Deep Fakes, Fake News, and Misinformation in Online Teaching and Learning Technologies is a critical reference source that addresses rising concerns of students’ ability to navigate the multitude of false and altered information and content that is easily accessible through online platforms. The chapters go into deeper detail about how deep fakes, fake news, and mis- and dis-information have the potential of negatively affecting the fields of teaching and learning and the importance of student access to content-related tasks from legitimate, vetted resources that accurately reflect the desired information the student means to convey. The book seeks to reinforce the importance of digital literacy and digital citizenship among adolescents. This book is essential for teaching faculty, higher education faculty, higher education administrators, educational software developers, security specialists, information specialists, media specialists, librarians, educational researchers, and students looking for information on how deep fakes and fake news are being navigated within the context of online teaching and educational technologies.

Download or read book The Fake Boyfriend Fiasco written by Talia Hibbert and published by Nixon House. This book was released on 2018-07-20 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Talia Hibbert returns with this spicy, fake-dating romcom... He’s in love. She’s faking it. Footballing legend Nik Christou leads a charmed life. Rich, successful, and internationally adored, no woman (or man) has ever rejected him—until a tattooed goddess blows his mind and captures his heart with just one kiss. Distrustful of men and disdainful of love, Aria Granger’s tongue is as sharp as her winged eyeliner. She knows from experience that Nik, like any smoking-hot himbo with bags of cash, is too good to be true—so she’s determined to send this walking temptation packing. Fortunately, Nik’s devised the perfect strategy to win his woman… Step 1: Offer her an obscene amount of money to be his fake girlfriend. Step 2: Whisk her away to a lavish Spanish villa—under the watchful eye of his entire team. Step 3: Figure out, between all the fake flirtation and phoney PDA, how to make her love him back. What could possibly go wrong? The Fake Boyfriend Fiasco was previously published as Sweet on the Greek. This version has been somewhat edited, but never fear: it still features a chaotic hero who falls first (and hard), a grumpy, tattooed heroine, and a team of underworked, overpaid, and incredibly nosy sports stars.

Download or read book The Epistemology of Fake News written by Sven Bernecker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: News is vital for a healthy democracy. Collective decision-making requires accurate, reliable information. Nevertheless, much of the information we encounter is inadequate for this task. And some—peddled by politicians, profiteers, bots and algorithms—is fake. Social media platforms and emerging technologies allow fake news to dominate our information landscape. An adequate understanding our current information landscape calls for a new discipline, the epistemology of fake news. The epistemology of fake news studies knowledge communication under imperfect conditions. This book is the first sustained inquiry into the new epistemology of fake news. The chapters, authored by established and emerging names in the field, pursue three goals. First, to analyse the meaning and novelty of 'fake news' and related notions, such as 'conspiracy theory.' Second, to discuss the mechanics of fake news, exploring various practices that generate or promote fake news. Third, to investigate potential therapies for fake news.

Download or read book Faking It written by Writers of Collegehumor.com and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-03-22 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prevaricating pros who helped students glide through seven years of college in The CollegeHumor Guide to College are back to show post-grads how to turn life into an "Easy A" by, well, faking it. From sounding like an MBA to bribing the maître d' to acting sensitive post-sex, here is everything aspiring equivocators need to know to B.S. their way to success in the real world. As the authors remind readers: "The important thing isn't who you are; it's who other people think you are." With this poseur's bible in hand, a generation is poised to go forth and fake it.

Download or read book Faking It written by Amir Blumenfeld and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The writers of CollegeHumor.com share irreverent advice on how to navigate the peaks and valleys of today's sexual, financial, and social arenas, from bluffing one's way through an on-the-job conversation to using buzzwords to impress cultural circles.

Download or read book Technically Speaking written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-04-13 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cell phones . . . airbags . . . genetically modified food . . . the Internet. These are all emblems of modern life. You might ask what we would do without them. But an even more interesting question might be what would we do if we had to actually explain how they worked? The United States is riding a whirlwind of technological change. To be sure, there have been periods, such as the late 1800s, when new inventions appeared in society at a comparable rate. But the pace of change today, and its social, economic, and other impacts, are as significant and far reaching as at any other time in history. And it seems that the faster we embrace new technologies, the less we're able to understand them. What is the long-term effect of this galloping technological revolution? In today's new world, it is nothing less than a matter of responsible citizenship to grasp the nature and implications of technology. Technically Speaking provides a blueprint for bringing us all up to speed on the role of technology in our society, including understanding such distinctions as technology versus science and technological literacy versus technical competence. It clearly and decisively explains what it means to be a technologically-literate citizen. The book goes on to explore the context of technological literacyâ€"the social, historical, political, and educational environments. This readable overview highlights specific issues of concern: the state of technological studies in K-12 schools, the reach of the Internet into our homes and lives, and the crucial role of technology in today's economy and workforce. Three case studies of current issuesâ€"car airbags, genetically modified foods, and the California energy crisisâ€"illustrate why ordinary citizens need to understand technology to make responsible decisions. This fascinating book from the National Academy of Engineering is enjoyable to read and filled with contemporary examples. It will be important to anyone interested in understanding how the world around them works.

Download or read book Truth and Fake in the Post Factual Digital Age written by Peter Klimczak and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-05-24 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increase in fake news, the growing influence on elections, increasing false reports and targeted disinformation campaigns are not least a consequence of advancing digitalisation. Information technology is needed to put a stop to these undesirable developments. With intelligent algorithms and refined data analysis, fakes must be detected more quickly in the future and their spread prevented. However, in order to meaningfully recognize and filter fakes by means of artificial intelligence, it must be possible to distinguish fakes from facts, facts from fictions, and fictions from fakes. This book therefore also asks questions about the distinctions of fake, factual and fictional. The underlying theories of truth are discussed, and practical-technical ways of differentiating truth from falsity are outlined. By considering the fictional as well as the assumption that information-technical further development can profit from humanities knowledge, the authors hope that content-related, technical and methodological challenges of the present and future can be overcome.

Download or read book Fake Hybrid Sites Palimpsest written by Madhusree Dutta and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-12-06 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die Buchreihe der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien Edition Angewandte, herausgegeben von Rektor Dr. Gerald Bast, erscheint themenabhängig in den Verlagen Birkhäuser und De Gruyter. Veröffentlicht werden Sammelbände, Dokumentationen und Monografien aus den Bereichen Architektur, Bildende und Mediale Kunst, Design, Kunstwissenschaften, Kunstpädagogik und Kunstvermittlung. Die seit 2007 bestehende Reihe wird als mittlerweile in der Öffentlichkeit stark etablierte Plattform für relevante Veröffentlichungen aus Kunst und Wissenschaft wahrgenommen. Die Bücher erscheinen in deutscher wie auch in englischer Sprache.

Download or read book Technically You Started It written by Lana Wood Johnson and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious, snarky, and utterly addicting #ownvoices debut that explores friendship, sexual orientation, mental health, and falling in love (even if things might be falling apart around you). When a guy named Martin Nathaniel Munroe II texts you, it should be obvious who you're talking to. Except there's two of them (it's a long story), and Haley thinks she's talking to the one she doesn't hate.A question about a class project rapidly evolves into an all-consuming conversation. Haley finds that Martin is actually willing to listen to her weird facts and unusual obsessions, and Martin feels like Haley is the first person to really see who he is. Haley and Martin might be too awkward to hang out in real life, but over text, they're becoming addicted to each other.There's just one problem: Haley doesn't know who Martin is. And Martin doesn't know that Haley doesn't know. But they better figure it out fast before their meet-cute becomes an epic meet-disaster . . .

Download or read book Mapping Lies in the Global Media Sphere written by Tirşe Erbaysal Erbaysal Filibeli and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses the concept of “(in)nocent lies” in the media – beyond the concept of misleading information online, this extends to a deliberate effort to spread misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories – and proposes a critical approach to tackle the issue in related interdisciplinary fields. The book takes a multidisciplinary and international approach, addressing the digital divide and global inequality, as well as algorithmic bias, how misinformation harms vulnerable groups, social lynching and the effect of misinformation on certain social, political and cultural agendas, among other topics. Arranged thematically, the chapters paint a nuanced and original picture of this issue. This book will be of interest to students and academics in the areas of digital media, media and politics, journalism, development studies, gender and race.

Download or read book Fake Silk written by Paul David Blanc and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a new technology makes people ill, how high does the body count have to be before protectives steps are taken? This disturbing book tells a dark story of hazardous manufacturing, poisonous materials, environmental abuses, political machinations, and economics trumping safety concerns. It explores the century-long history of “fake silk,” or cellulose viscose, used to produce such products as rayon textiles and tires, cellophane, and everyday kitchen sponges. Paul Blanc uncovers the grim history of a product that crippled and even served a death sentence to many industry workers while also releasing toxic carbon disulfide into the environment. Viscose, an innovative and lucrative product first introduced in the early twentieth century, quickly became a multinational corporate enterprise. Blanc investigates industry practices from the beginning through two highly profitable world wars, the midcentury export of hazardous manufacturing to developing countries, and the current “greenwashing” of viscose as an eco-friendly product. Deeply researched and boldly presented, this book brings to light an industrial hazard whose egregious history ranks with those of asbestos, lead, and mercury.

Download or read book New Perspectives on Technical Editing written by Avon Murphy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Perspectives on Technical Editing provides readers with a rich picture of a thriving discipline. Its 10 chapters are written by various experts in the field, each of whom looks at technical editing from a distinct vantage point, setting challenging questions and offering authoritative recommendations based on experience and research. Contributors examine significant approaches to the practice and teaching of technical editing: the recommended research methodologies, the not entirely straightforward history of technical editing, effective approaches to developing editing courses, the politics of editing within today's organizations, the definition and on-the-job work of copyediting, the power of electronic editing, the complex nature and best practices of science editing, and the nuts and bolts of successfully editing technical journals. Readers will find insights into background literature, trends, responsibilities, workflow, legal issues, ethics, tricks of the trade, unanticipated complications, business know-how, considerations of audience, interpersonal relations, and strategies for different media that they can apply in their own work and research. Each contributor provides substantive chapter references, and the book's annotated bibliography describes and evaluates 100 of the most influential and useful editing resources.

Download or read book Publications Combined Fake News Conspiracy Theories and Lies Information Laundering In the 21st Century written by and published by Jeffrey Frank Jones. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this research, broadly speaking, is to expose the threat that fake news poses to our national security. This thesis answers the question: Can the information laundering model, or a modified version of it, be used to explain how the internet is exploited to spread fake news, and the resulting threat to the United States? I assert that a well-crafted narrative, whether true or false, can be spread rapidly online due to the accessibility and interconnectedness of the internet ecosystem. I then articulate how these narratives can be further accelerated and disseminated when propagandists take advantage of existing processes that improve the customization, ease of access, and availability of information online. I do this by modifying the information laundering model, and then using the new model to examine the interconnectedness of search engines, blogs, social networking platforms, and media/academic outlets, and how these connections can be exploited to launder false or purposefully misleading information into public discourse. Finally, I demonstrate how this process allows adversarial nations, criminals, and malicious actors to increase public discord, undermine democracy, and threaten Americans physical and cognitive security. Contains the following studies: 1. Fake News, Conspiracy Theories, and Lies: An Information Laundering Model for Homeland Security 2. THE COMMAND OF THE TREND: SOCIAL MEDIA AS A WEAPON IN THE INFORMATION AGE 3. PUTIN’S PROPAGANDA WAR: IS HE WINNING? 4. Cyber-Terrorism and Cyber-Crime: There Is a Difference 5. CYBERDETERRANCE IN 2035: REDEFINING THE FRAMEWORK FOR SUCCESS 6. Countering Russian Active Measures