What the Fact?
New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2022], ©2022.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 358 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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.
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?
Subjects:
Media literacy -- Juvenile literature.
Misinformation -- Juvenile literature.
Disinformation -- Juvenile literature.
Internet -- Social aspects -- Political aspects -- Juvenile literature.
Social media -- Political aspects -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature.
Media literacy.
Media literacy -- Juvenile literature.
Misinformation -- Juvenile literature.
Disinformation -- Juvenile literature.
Internet -- Social aspects -- Political aspects -- Juvenile literature.
Social media -- Political aspects -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature.
Media literacy.
ISBN:
9781665900034
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T SOCIAL SCI Yas | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Teen Nonfiction | In |
"Finding the truth in all the noise"--Front cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-343) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-343) and index.