Defriended
Defriended

Author: Ruth Baron

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2013-04-30

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 0545469554

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Be careful who you friend... Jason has met the perfect girl. OK, so maybe he hasn't actually MET Lacey yet, but they talk online all the time. Yet despite spending most nights chatting, Lacey refuses to meet up in person. Suspicious, Jason starts googling, and his cyberstalking leads to a shocking discovery: According to multiple newspapers, Lacey died a year earlier. Soon, Jason finds himself enmeshed in a disturbing mystery. Has he found a way to iChat with the dead? Or is someone playing a dangerous trick? Either way, Jason has to discover the truth before it's too late. You can't put up away messages from beyond the grave. . .

Best Friends for Never
Best Friends for Never

Author: Adrienne Maria Vrettos

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2016-05-10

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0545561523

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When a friendship pact goes magically awry, eleven-year-old Hattie must figure out how to make amends. After Hattie and her three best friends watch one of their classmates publicly defriended in the school cafeteria, they make a loyalty pact promising never to mistreat each other. But after Hattie unwittingly breaks the pact, her friends begin ignoring her. In fact, they literally don't even know who she is anymore! Can Hattie figure out how to break the spell and make things right again?Acclaimed author Adrienne Vrettos brings poignancy and gentle humor to this magical story of friendship and loyalty.

Winding Up Strangers in Bars
Winding Up Strangers in Bars

Author: Barf Loko

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-08-15

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 0578196123

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This debut novel from Barf Loko is your guided tour through the demimonde of Foster Revelle, a misanthropic assassin who is awful at his job.

Examining the Concepts, Issues, and Implications of Internet Trolling
Examining the Concepts, Issues, and Implications of Internet Trolling

Author: Bishop, Jonathan

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2013-01-31

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1466628049

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Examining the Concepts, Issues, and Implications of Internet Trolling provides current research on the technical approaches as well as more social and behavioral involvements for gaining a better understanding of internet trolling. This book is useful to researchers, students and practitioners interested in building a share meaning for online community users.

Social Media Data Extraction and Content Analysis
Social Media Data Extraction and Content Analysis

Author: Hai-Jew, Shalin

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2016-08-01

Total Pages: 525

ISBN-13: 1522506497

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In today’s society, the utilization of social media platforms has become an abundant forum for individuals to post, share, tag, and, in some cases, overshare information about their daily lives. As significant amounts of data flood these venues, it has become necessary to find ways to collect and evaluate this information. Social Media Data Extraction and Content Analysis explores various social networking platforms and the technologies being utilized to gather and analyze information being posted to these venues. Highlighting emergent research, analytical techniques, and best practices in data extraction in global electronic culture, this publication is an essential reference source for researchers, academics, and professionals.

Identity Theft
Identity Theft

Author: Anna Davies

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2013-04-30

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 054557658X

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Hayley is going to have the best year ever. After years of careful planning, she's ready to serve as student council president AND editor-in-chief of the newspaper. Ivy League, here she comes! However, just before student council elections, someone creates a fake facebook profile for Hayley and starts posting inappropriate photos and incriminating updates. It must be the work of a highly skilled Photoshopper, but the attention to detail is scary. The embarrassing photos of "Hayley" in her bathing suit reveal a birthmark on her back--a birth mark Hayley has never shown in public. . . . The situation escalates until Hayley's mother reveals some shocking information. Hayley isn't an only child: She has a twin sister who was adopted by a different family. And that's not all. Soon, Hayley discovers that her long-lost sister isn't just playing a prank--she's plotting to take over Hayley's life . . . by any means necessary.

Followers
Followers

Author: Anna Davies

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2014-06-24

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 0545584388

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To tweet, or not to tweet . . . what a deadly question. When Jenna loses out on a starring role in the school's production of Hamlet, she reluctantly agrees to be the drama department's "social media director" and starts tweeting half-hearted updates. She barely has any followers, so when someone hacks her twitter account, Jenna can't muster the energy to stop it. After all, tweets like "Something's rotten in the state of Denmark . . . and a body's rotting in the theater" are obviously a joke. But then a body IS discovered in the theater: Jenna's rival. Suddenly, what seemed like a prank turns deadly serious. To everyone's horror, the grisly tweets continue . . . and the body count starts to rise. There's no other explanation; someone is live-tweeting murders on campus.With the school in chaos and the police unable to find the culprit, it's up to Jenna to unmask the psycho-tweeter before the carnage reaches Shakespearian proportions . . . or she becomes the next victim.

Gamification for Human Factors Integration: Social, Education, and Psychological Issues
Gamification for Human Factors Integration: Social, Education, and Psychological Issues

Author: Bishop, Jonathan

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2014-01-31

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1466650729

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With the popularity and ease-of-access to internet technologies, especially social networking, a number of human-centered issues has developed including internet addiction and cyber bullying. In an effort to encourage positive behavior, it is believed that applying gaming principles to non-gaming environments through gamification can assist in improving human interaction online. Gamification for Human Factors Integration: Social, Educational, and Psychological Issues presents information and best practices for promoting positive behavior online through gamification applications in social, educational, and psychological contexts. Through up-to-date research and practical applications, educators, academicians, information technology professionals, and psychologists will gain valuable insight into human-internet interaction and a possible solution for improving the relationship between society and technology.

The Four Seasons of the Heart
The Four Seasons of the Heart

Author: Cynthia J. Morton

Publisher: Boolarong Press

Published: 2016-08-08

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 192523696X

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Within this quartet of books that I have titled The Four Seasons of The Heart, I will share the deepest pivotal parts of my journey as a recovering alcoholic/addict and survivor of childhood abuse with you. One day at a time, I have lived clean and sober consistently since 1995. However, allowing myself to emotionally grow by not just giving but also receiving love and to genuinely feel deserving of my life’s hard-earned rewards, has presented many challenges. Please allow me as we journey through these pages together to suggest ways that we can heal our heart, dust off our doubt, intercept self-sabotage and invest in self-respect.