Online Addiction: ISBN 978-1-60152-984-8 / eBook: 978-1-60152-985-5
Online Entertainment: ISBN 978-1-60152-986-2 / eBook: 978-1-60152-987-9
Online Predators: ISBN 978-1-68282-092-6 / eBook: 978-1-68282-093-3
Online Privacy: ISBN 978-1-60152-988-6 / eBook: 978-1-60152-989-3
Online Security: ISBN 978-1-60152-990-9 / eBook: 978-1-60152-991-6
Social Media: ISBN 978-1-60152-992-3 / eBook: 978-1-60152-993-0
School Library Connection, January 1, 2017
Covering a range of topics concerning issues related to digital or online activity, each book in this series is made up of short chapters covering five different issues for each topic. The titles have a user-friendly layout with lots of graphics to back up research and include organizations to contact for more information, as well as resources for further research. Librarians should be aware that some examples in Online Entertainment refer to 50 Shades of Grey and may not be suitable for younger audiences.
Terri Lent, NBCT School Librarian, Patrick Henry High School, Ashland, Virginia
Recommended
Online Predators: ISBN 978-1-68282-092-6 / eBook: 978-1-68282-093-3
Online Privacy: ISBN 978-1-60152-988-6 / eBook: 978-1-60152-989-3
Online Security: ISBN 978-1-60152-990-9 / eBook: 978-1-60152-991-6
VOYA, December 1, 2016
In Online Predators, Abramovitz points out the vulnerability of young people to sexual predators with examples of how they lure and blackmail their victims. She explains how identity theft, “phishing,” and anonymity are used by hackers to infiltrate financial and other personal records, and includes a chapter on cyberbullying. Online Security covers the threat from criminals and spies, and discusses the dilemma raised by encrypted information that prevents the investigation of criminal and terrorist acts. Online Privacy warns about the data mining of personal information on apps and social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, and the over-sharing of information. Parks discusses government and state surveillance, its potential to violate the Fourth Amendment, and legislation that protects the privacy of citizens.
A timely topic for teens, Digital Issues focuses on specific aspects of threats to the security and privacy of individuals, as well as threats to national security. Each volume includes research studies, strategies used by hackers and predators to access computer systems, examples of how individuals have been victimized, and the ways in which various government agencies combat threats. There is an abundance of advice on how to manage personal devices and the Internet. Repetitive information across titles includes the hacking of medical records and the hacking of the controls of self-drive cars and household appliances. While the writing is mundane, this series presents well-researched facts that will be of interest and of use to today's young adults.
—Hilary Crew