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BL
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| Record Number
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1029188
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b783558
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| Main Entry
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Shenk, David,1966-
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| Title & Author
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Data smog : : surviving the information glut /\ David Shenk.
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| Edition Statement
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Rev. and updated ed. ; 1st HarperCollins pbk. ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: HarperEdge,, 1998.
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| Page. NO
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256 pages :: illustrations ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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0062515519
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: 9780062515513
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-247) and index.
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| Contents
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Spammed! -- The black shakes -- Skeptical in Seattle -- "A new generation of geniuses" -- The thunderbird problem -- Paralysis by analysis -- Stat wars -- The two-by-four effect -- Village of Babel -- A nation of lonely molecules -- Superdemocracy -- Creatures from the Info Lagoon -- Dataveillance -- Anecdotage -- The end of journalism? -- Cyber-libertarians vs. technorealists -- What then must be done? -- Be your own filter -- Be your own editor -- Simplify -- De-nichify -- Don't forsake government : help improve it.
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| Abstract
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Explores the myths of the information age and offers a balanced perspective on technology's ever-changing face and its sometimes invisible effects on culture as a whole.
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Information society-- United States.
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Information society.
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Information technology-- Social aspects-- United States.
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Information society.
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Information technology-- Social aspects.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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303.48/33
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| LC Classification
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HM221.S515 1998
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