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What the fact? / Dr. Seema Yasmin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First editionDescription: 358 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • Age group: Early Adolescents
ISBN:
  • 9781665900034
  • 1665900032
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Contents:
Introduction : Hi, freethinker -- Contagious information -- Bias, beliefs, and why we fall for BS -- News, noise, and nonsense -- Social media -- How to debunk and disagree -- Epilogue : Hi, critical thinker! So...what now?
Summary: Tracing the spread of misinformation and disinformation through our fast-moving media landscape, a journalist, scientist, medical professional, and professor gives readers the skills to identify and counter poorly sourced clickbait and misleading headlines.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
YA Book YA Book Dr. James Carlson Library YA NonFiction 302.23 Y29 Available 33111011039357
YA Book YA Book Main Library YA NonFiction 302.23 Y29 Available 33111010956403
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From acclaimed writer, journalist, and physician Dr. Seema Yasmin comes a "savvy, accessible, and critical" ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review) book about the importance of media literacy, fact-based reporting, and the ability to discern truth from lies.

What is a fact? What are reliable sources? What is news? What is fake news? How can anyone make sense of it anymore? Well, we have to. As conspiracy theories and online hoaxes increasingly become a part of our national discourse and "truth" itself is being questioned, it has never been more vital to build the discernment necessary to tell fact from fiction, and media literacy has never been more important.

In this accessible guide, Dr. Seema Yasmin, an award-winning journalist, scientist, medical professional, and professor, traces the spread of misinformation and disinformation through our fast-moving media landscape and teaches young readers the skills that will help them identify and counter poorly-sourced clickbait and misleading headlines.

"Finding the truth in all the noise"--Front cover.

Introduction : Hi, freethinker -- Contagious information -- Bias, beliefs, and why we fall for BS -- News, noise, and nonsense -- Social media -- How to debunk and disagree -- Epilogue : Hi, critical thinker! So...what now?

Tracing the spread of misinformation and disinformation through our fast-moving media landscape, a journalist, scientist, medical professional, and professor gives readers the skills to identify and counter poorly sourced clickbait and misleading headlines.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-343) and index.

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