For most American families, a personal computer is now as common as a television, telephone or toaster. And even our youngest children are learning to navigate the Internet with amazing skill. Yet while the Web brings information, entertainment, education, commerce and many more positive experiences to our very fingertips, it also puts us at risk for disturbing dangers.

Discover what you never suspected about online menaces putting you and your family at risk, when you interview award-winning investigative reporter Stephen Dean. One of the first journalists to wage war on Internet predators, Dean will explore what’s really invading your home.

He’ll offer a timely reality check and must-know tips about:

• Insidious tactics used by cults, conmen and sexual prowlers targeting your tots and teens online.

• Internet dating. Learn the difference between meeting the stranger of your dreams — and getting involved with online prostitution.

• What makes it so easy for techno-scammers to tap your bank account, swipe your identity and ruin your reputation.

• Hazards that could be lurking every time you open an e-mail, visit a Web site or post a blog. The coming year could be a big one for malicious viruses, spyware, adware, and worse.

• How to tell if your own neighborhood is harboring a cyber-criminal.

CREDENTIALS: Stephen Dean serves as lead investigative reporter for Houston’s KPRC-TV. He’s the author of YOUR NEIGHBOR’S SECRET LIFE ONLINE: Protecting Families from Internet Conmen, Scammers and Predators, New Horizon Press 2008.

AVAILABILITY: Texas, nationwide by arrangement and via telephone
CONTACT: Justin Gross, (908) 604-6311 (NJ); pub@newhorizonpressbooks.com; www.newhorizonpressbooks.com