Breaking the News
What's Real, What's Not, and Why the Difference Matters
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2020]
Format: Book
Description: 160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
"Headlines leap out at us from mobile phones, TV screens, computers, newspapers, and everywhere we turn. Technology has opened up exciting new ways to tell interesting stories, but how much of it is news ... and how much is just noise? This refreshing and up-to-date media literacy book gives kids the tools they need to distinguish what is fact from what is fiction so that they can make smart choices about what to believe." -- Amazon.com.
Series: National Geographic kids.
Contents:
The history of news -- Making the news -- Propaganda, half-truths, and hoaxes -- Media today -- Finding the truth -- The future of news -- Major events in news history -- Meet the experts.
Subjects:
Journalism -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Fake news -- Juvenile literature.
Journalism -- Juvenile literature.
Journalism -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Fake news -- Juvenile literature.
Journalism -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: Ages 10 and up
ISBN:
9781426338885
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C SOCIAL SCI Bro | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (page 152) and index.