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The hype machine : how social media disrupts our elections, our economy, and our health - and how we must adapt / by Aral, Sinan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Social media connected the world--and gave rise to fake news and increasing polarization. Now a leading researcher at MIT draws on 20 years of research to show how these trends threaten our political, economic, and emotional health in this eye-opening exploration of the dark side of technological progress. Today we have the ability, unprecedented in human history, to amplify our interactions with each other through social media. It is paramount, MIT social media expert Sinan Aral says, that we recognize the outsized impact social media has on our culture, our democracy, and our lives in order to steer today's social technology toward good, while avoiding the ways it can pull us apart. Otherwise, we could fall victim to what Aral calls "The Hype Machine." As a senior researcher of the longest-running study of fake news ever conducted, Aral found that lies spread online farther and faster than the truth--a harrowing conclusion that was featured on the cover of Science magazine. Among the questions Aral explores following twenty years of field research: Did Russian interference change the 2016 election? And how is it affecting the vote in 2020? Why does fake news travel faster than the truth online? How do social ratings and automated sharing determine which products succeed and fail? How does social media affect our kids? First, Aral links alarming data and statistics to three accelerating social media shifts: hyper-socialization, personalized mass persuasion, and the tyranny of trends. Next, he grapples with the consequences of the Hype Machine for elections, businesses, dating, and health. Finally, he maps out strategies for navigating the Hype Machine, offering his singular guidance for managing social media to fulfill its promise going forward. Rarely has a book so directly wrestled with the secret forces that drive the news cycle every day"--
Subjects: Information society.; Common fallacies.; Propaganda.; Social interaction.; Social media;
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Marple. [videorecording (DVD)] / by Christie, Agatha,1890-1976.Pocket full of ryeVideorecording.; Elyot, Kevin.; McKenzie, Julia.; Palmer, Charles.; Agatha Christie Ltd.; Granada Media (Firm); WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.);
Director, Charles Palmer; screenwriter Kevin Elyot.Julia McKenzie.When Rex Fortescue dies while sitting at his desk in the City, it's determined that he was in fact poisoned. Miss Marple takes a particular interest in the case when her former maid Gladys, now working in the Fortescue household, is also murdered.PG.DVD ; Dolby digital stereo ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.; Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery television programs.; Marple, Jane (Fictitious character); Murder; Women detectives;
© c2009., Acorn Media,
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Marple. [videorecording (DVD)] / by Barlow, Patrick.; Christie, Agatha,1890-1976.Why didn't they ask Evans?Videorecording.; McKenzie, Julia.; Renton, Nicholas.; Agatha Christie Ltd.; Granada Media (Firm); WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.);
Screenwriter, Patrick Barlow; director Nicholas Renton.McKenzie, Julia.While visiting her friend Marjorie Attfield, Miss Marple learns that her son Bobby had recently found a body, identified as a Mr. Pritchard, on the cliff side. The key to solving the mystery of Pritchard's last words to Bobby as he lay dying: "Why didn't they ask Evans?".PG.DVD ; Dolby digital stereo ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.; Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery television programs.; Last words; Marple, Jane (Fictitious character); Murder; Women detectives;
© c2009., Acorn Media,
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Maigret. [videorecording] / by Galloway, Jack.; Gambon, Michael.; Hutchings, Geoffrey.; Lance, James.; Madden, Ciaran.; Simenon, Georges,1903-; Acorn Media (Firm); British Broadcasting Corporation.; Granada Television.; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.);
Michael Gambon, James Larkin, Geoffrey Hutchings, Jack Galloway, Ciaran Madden.One of the best-selling authors of all time, Georges Simenon is most famous for his more than 100 novels and short stories featuring Chief Inspector Maigret of the Paris police. Concerned more with "why" than "who" Maigret's profound perception of the realities of human behavior and extraordinary psychological insight make him one of fiction's most interesting and unique sleuths.14A.DVD; Dolby digital; full screen (4:3).
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Maigret, Jules (Fictitious character); Police;
© c2012., Acorn Media,
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Maigret. [videorecording] / by Galloway, Jack.; Gambon, Michael.; Hutchings, Geoffrey.; Lance, James.; Madden, Ciaran.; Simenon, Georges,1903-; Acorn Media (Firm); British Broadcasting Corporation.; Granada Television.; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.);
Michael Gambon, James Larkin, Geoffrey Hutchings, Jack Galloway, Ciaran Madden.One of the best-selling authors of all time, Georges Simenon is most famous for his more than 100 novels and short stories featuring Chief Inspector Maigret of the Paris police. Concerned more with "why" than "who" Maigret's profound perception of the realities of human behavior and extraordinary psychological insight make him one of fiction's most interesting and unique sleuths.14A.DVD; Dolby digital; full screen (4:3).
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Maigret, Jules (Fictitious character); Police;
© c2012., Acorn Media,
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The Trauma Beat A Case for Re-Thinking the Business of Bad News [electronic resource] : by Cherry, Tamara.aut; cloudLibrary;
A groundbreaking and thorough examination of the trauma caused by the media covering crimes, both to victims and journalists, from a respected journalist and victim advocate In The Trauma Beat, an eye-opening combination of investigative journalism and memoir, former big-city crime reporter Tamara Cherry calls on her award-winning skills as a journalist to examine the impact of the media on trauma survivors and the impact of trauma on members of the media. As Tamara documents the experiences of those who were forced to suffer on the public stage, she is confronted by everything she got wrong on the crime beat. Covering murders and traffic fatalities to sexual violence and mass violence, Cherry exposes a system set up to fail trauma survivors and journalists. Why do some families endure a swell of unwanted attention after the murder of a loved one, while others suffer from a lack of attention? What is it like to have a microphone shoved in your face seconds after escaping the latest mass shooting? What is the lasting impact on the reporter holding that microphone? The Trauma Beat explores these issues with the raw, reflective detail of a journalist moving from ignorance to understanding and shame to healing.General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Media Studies; Editors, Journalists, Publishers; Criminology;
© 2023., ECW Press,
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They want to kill Americans : the militias, terrorists, and deranged ideology of the Trump insurgency / by Nance, Malcolm W.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."To varying degrees, as many as 74 million Americans have expressed hostility towards American democracy. Their radicalization is increasingly visible in our day to day life: in neighbor's or family member's open discussion of bizarre conspiracy theories, reveling in the fantasy of mass murdering the liberals they believe are drinking the blood of children. These are the results of the deranged series of lies stoked by former President Donald Trump, made worse by the global pandemic. The first steps of an American fracture were predicted by Malcolm Nance months before the January 6, 2021 insurrection, heralding the start of a generational terror threat greater than either al-Qaeda or the Islamic State. Nance calls this growing unrest the Trump Insurgency in the United States or TITUS. The post-2020 election urge to return to a place of "normalcy"-to forget-is the worst response we can have. American militiamen, terrorists, and radicalized political activists are already armed in mass numbers and regularly missed in the media; principally because Trump's most loyal and violent foot soldiers benefit from the ultimate privilege-being white. They Want to Kill Americans is the first detailed look into the heart of the active Trump-led insurgency, setting the stage for a second nation-wide rebellion on American soil. This is a chilling and deeply researched early warning to the nation from a counterterrorism intelligence professional: America is primed for a possible explosive wave of terrorist attacks and armed confrontations that aim to bring about a Donald Trump led dictatorship"--
Subjects: Capitol Riot, Washington, D.C., 2021.; Domestic terrorism; Insurgency; Political violence; Radicalism; Right-wing extremists;
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30 seconds from Gaza [graphic novel] : diary of genocide / by Sabaaneh, Mohammad,1979-author,illustrator.; Hodali, Nada,translator.; Pappé, Ilan,writer of foreword.;
Mohammad Sabaaneh bears witness to genocide in 30 Seconds from Gaza--a graphic reflection that captures the horror of experiencing mass atrocity through 30-second video snippets sent to his phone in real time after October 7th, 2025. Sabaaneh documents the brutal realities of life under Israeli occupation. His powerful illustrations confront the atrocities in Gaza and the West Bank, exposing the violence of apartheid and settler colonialism while honoring the unwavering resilience of the Palestinian people. After being shadow-banned on social media, and losing 15 years of content due to censorship, Sabaaneh began drawing from the very footage most at risk of being deleted. Each image in this book is an act of defiance--an effort to preserve a visual history that corporations and occupiers seek to erase.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Nonfiction comics.; Sabaaneh, Mohammad, 1979-; Arab-Israeli conflict; Genocide; Israel-Hamas War, 2023-; October 7 Hamas Attack, Israel, 2023; Palestine question (1948-); Palestinian Arabs;
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Great Lakes untamed. [videorecording] / by McIntyre Media,distributor.;
Animals of the Great Lakes cope with the most extreme, unpredictable temperature changes on Earth - from summer highs of 40 degrees to winter lows of minus 40. This transformation creates mysteries and marvels of evolution, life uniquely adapted to change. This land of wonder has weird and unique animal behaviours. The world's largest mass spawning occurs near Lake Michigan. Wolves fish for white suckerfish to feed their pups. Massasauga Rattlesnakes swim between Lake Huron's 30,000 islands to give birth to live young. A mother moose dives to the bottom of the lake to feed her calf. A thirty-year-old female salamander, the world's only 'photosynthetic vertebrate', makes an epic migration across snow near Lake Huron. In Lake Erie, colourful redside dace have evolved to catch insects in the air. Parasitic mussels imitate minnows to lure their prey and biologists use innovative new science to battle invasive sea lamprey. The adaptation of wildlife to successfully live and thrive in the Great Lakes watershed gives us hope about the future of the world's greatest and most important freshwater ecosystem.E.DVD.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Wildlife television programs.; Television mini-series.; Freshwater ecology; Lakes; Watersheds;
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Last seen alive : a mystery / by Schaffhausen, Joanna,author.;
"Last Seen Alive is the fifth book in Joanna Schaffhausen's heartpounding Ellery Hathaway mystery series. Boston detective Ellery Hathaway met FBI agent Reed Markham when he pried open a serial killer's closet to rescue her. Years on, their relationship remains defined by that moment and by Francis Coben's horrific crimes. To free herself from Coben's legacy, Ellery had to walk away from Reed, too. But Coben is not letting go so easily. He has an impossible proposition: Coben will finally give up the location of the remaining bodies, on one condition-Reed must bring him Ellery. Now the families of the missing victims are crying out for justice that only Ellery can deliver. The media hungers for a sequel and Coben is their camera-ready star. He claims he is sorry and wants to make amends. But Ellery is the one living person who has seen the monster behind the mask and she doesn't believe he can be redeemed. Not after everything he's done. Not after what she's been through. And certainly not after a fresh body turns up with Coben's signature all over it"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Murder; Policewomen; Serial murderers; Women detectives;
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