Book
Breaking the news : what's real, what's not, and why the difference matters / Robin Terry Brown ; foreword by Susan Goldberg.
"A look at culture's relationship with journalism, and an effort to teach kids what is "real" versus "fake" news"--Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 1426338880
- ISBN: 9781426338885
- Physical Description: 160 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour map
- Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses, and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The history of news -- Making the news -- Propaganda, half-truths, and hoaxes -- Media today -- Finding the truth -- The future of news -- Meet the experts -- Hilarious headlines & belly-busting bloopers. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 25.99 |
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| Subject: | Journalism > Juvenile literature. Fake news > Juvenile literature. Journalism > History > Juvenile literature. |
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- Grand Central PubHeadlines 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.Topics cover a broad range, from defining freedom of speech, the journalists' code of ethics, the dangers of propaganda, and the future of news.Packed with profiles of influential journalists, fun facts, and iconic photographs, this ultimate guide to the information age will get kids thinking about their relationship and responsibility to media.
- Random House, Inc.
In this timely and relevant title, National Geographic Kids shines a light on the history of news to reveal where we started, how far we've come, and the serious impact that misinterpretation and misinformation can have on the world.
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.
Topics cover a broad range, from defining freedom of speech, the journalists' code of ethics, the dangers of propaganda, and the future of news.
Packed with profiles of influential journalists, fun facts, and iconic photographs, this ultimate guide to the information age will get kids thinking about their relationship and responsibility to media.
