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sunshine169's review against another edition
3.0
While popularized by President Donald Trump, the term "fake news" actually originated toward the end of the 19th century, in an era of rampant yellow journalism. Since then, it has come to encompass a broad universe of news stories and marketing strategies ranging from outright lies, propaganda, and conspiracy theories to hoaxes, opinion pieces, and satire—all facilitated and manipulated by social media platforms. This title explores journalistic and fact-checking standards, Constitutional protections, and real-world case studies, helping readers identify the mechanics, perpetrators, motives, and psychology of fake news. A final chapter explores methods for assessing and avoiding the spread of fake news.
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This is a short overview on the history of fake news, why it is important to distinguish fact from fiction, how it can be harmful, and what we as individuals can do to slow its spread. I think this book is important for young people to read as they spend so much of there time online. Media literacy, or information literacy in general, is a very important skill to own. This book breaks down the subject in easy to understand language and provides ample examples and sidebars for further understanding.
*I was provided access to this book through netgalley for an honest review. Thank you!
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This is a short overview on the history of fake news, why it is important to distinguish fact from fiction, how it can be harmful, and what we as individuals can do to slow its spread. I think this book is important for young people to read as they spend so much of there time online. Media literacy, or information literacy in general, is a very important skill to own. This book breaks down the subject in easy to understand language and provides ample examples and sidebars for further understanding.
*I was provided access to this book through netgalley for an honest review. Thank you!
kauphyvamp's review against another edition
5.0
Great info for anyone, definitely should be used in high school and college classes.
I want this on Kindle for easy quoting on Facebook in discussions with my friends and family who share links without checking sources.
I want this on Kindle for easy quoting on Facebook in discussions with my friends and family who share links without checking sources.
shayemiller's review against another edition
1.0
As a librarian and teacher, I was quite excited to find this book. I've taught information literacy at the college level to education majors for years and thought this might be a nice "textbook" for them to take into the K-12 classroom and use with pre-college students. However, after getting a chance to explore it in depth, it did not live up to my expectations. I will share a few examples after I get a chance to review it on my blog. But for now, I'm disappointed to share it does not get my vote.
bethmitcham's review
4.0
I was impressed that Miller made sure to use both definition of fake news -- news that is false and is spread either by gullible people or by liars, and news that is unpleasant and therefore denied by the people who don't want to hear it. Sadly, Trump and his supporters are a lot of the examples of both, which gives the book a slightly partisan feel, but what can you do when that's what the facts are? Miller makes a game effort to show both sides, but in reality most of the people clicking away on ridiculous news stories were Republicans, and so that's where the fabulists went, creating a sweet circle of lies, clicks, and more lies.
It was short and clear, with sections on definitions, believers, and harms, as well as an ending of how to avoid it. Few people will follow all the advice, but then once a source becomes trusted that's not necessary.
I would have liked to see a deeper understanding of First Amendment principles in the chapter on how to avert false Fake News. I cringed when I saw the old "fire in a theater" exemption), as well as a discussion on how libel laws differ internationally in the libel section.
It was short and clear, with sections on definitions, believers, and harms, as well as an ending of how to avoid it. Few people will follow all the advice, but then once a source becomes trusted that's not necessary.
I would have liked to see a deeper understanding of First Amendment principles in the chapter on how to avert false Fake News. I cringed when I saw the old "fire in a theater" exemption), as well as a discussion on how libel laws differ internationally in the libel section.
tabby2920's review
4.0
As a librarian, I feel that this is a very informative read and lesson on fake news. Teens need to read this now, more than ever to combat these pressing times. Yes, it reads like a textbook but I don't think it could be read any other way. I found it to be very interesting and discover new lessons along the way.
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