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Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Explains how fake news--news items that are not merely inaccurate, but meant to decieve--and propaganda--materials that, like advertising, are slanted to convince--originate and are spread, and gives advice about how to determine what is true"--Amazon.com.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The rise of the Internet has changed the way news is reported and consumed. One effect of these changes involves fake news false news items that are spread through email and social media to discredit people and policies, most often in the realm of politics. This book examines the growth and influence of fake news in the US and beyond.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The focus on fake news, "alternative facts," and general media mendacity distracts us from a very real educational challenge: teaching students the skills and dispositions that make them careful and thorough researchers. This is hard work, nd there are no easy recipes to facilitate the process. However, with carefully scaffolded lessons that nurture students to become increasingly savvy inquirers, readers, and writers, librarians and content area...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Algorithms are running our society, and we don't really know what they are up to. Our increasing reliance on technology and the internet has opened a window for mathematicians and data researchers to gaze through into our lives. Using the data they are constantly collecting about where we travel, where we shop, what we buy and what interests us, they can begin to predict our daily habits. But how reliable is this data? Without understanding what...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A revelatory four-part series from behind the scenes of The New York Times during the first year of the Trump Administration. Through extraordinary access and exclusive interviews, this series chronicles the tenacity of editors, journalists, and reporters who fight every day for the freedom of the press in their tireless pursuit of the truth, no matter the political cost or personal sacrifice" -- from container.
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