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When rumors make news.
- Source :
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Newsweek . 12/30/1996, Vol. 128/129 Issue 27/1, p72. 1p. 1 Color Photograph. - Publication Year :
- 1996
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Abstract
- Reports on events in 1996 which indicate that one must read what is on the Internet with care. The Internet, not a news service, but a means of communication; Examples of information taken from the Internet which lack evidence; Pierre Salinger's remarks about the cause of TWA Flight 800 and the rumors which the Internet had been carrying for months; The reaction of technophiles to criticism of the Internet; Learning to discern fact from fiction.
- Subjects :
- *ATTRIBUTION of news
*INTERNET & society
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00289604
- Volume :
- 128/129
- Issue :
- 27/1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Newsweek
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 9612312314