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What the fact?

Title
What the fact? / Dr. Seema Yasmin.
Author
Yasmin, Seema, 1982-
Publication
  • New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2022]
  • ©2022

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Description
358 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
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.
  • "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 vital. In this accessibly-written 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"--
Subject
  • Media literacy > Juvenile literature
  • Misinformation > Juvenile literature
  • Disinformation > Juvenile literature
  • Information literacy > Juvenile literature
  • Fake news > Juvenile literature
  • Internet > Social aspects > Juvenile literature
  • Internet > Political aspects > Juvenile literature
  • Social media and society > Juvenile literature
  • Social media > Political aspects > Juvenile literature
  • Media literacy
  • Misinformation
  • Disinformation
  • Information literacy
  • Fake news
  • Internet > Social aspects
  • Internet > Political aspects
  • Social media and society
  • Social media > Political aspects
  • Common fallacies
  • Disinformation
  • Fake news
  • Information literacy
  • Internet > Political aspects
  • Internet > Social aspects
  • Media literacy
  • Social media and society
  • Social media > Political aspects
Genre/Form
  • Young adult literature.
  • Juvenile works
  • Young adult nonficiton.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-343) and index.
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?
Call Number
JFD 23-2034
ISBN
  • 9781665900034
  • 1665900032
  • 9781665900058 (canceled/invalid)
OCLC
1344013866
Author
Yasmin, Seema, 1982- author.
Title
What the fact? / Dr. Seema Yasmin.
Publisher
New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2022]
Copyright Date
©2022
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-343) and index.
Research Call Number
JFD 23-2034
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