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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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Elizabeth. by Michell, Roger,film director.; Elizabeth, Queen,actor.; Mongrel Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Queen Elizabeth IIOriginally produced by Mongrel Media in 2022.From the director of Notting Hill comes a comprehensive portrait of the life of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-lived, longest-reigning British monarch, and longest-serving female head of state in history.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Balts (Indo-European people).; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; Biography.; Monarchy.; Great Britain--History.; British Isles.;
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The Search for the Palace Letters. by Dellora, Daryl,film director.; Film Art Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Film Art Media in 2024.Professor Jenny Hocking's epic and successful legal battle against the Australian Government and HM Queen Elizabeth II to access the Palace letters, revealing the hidden story behind the dismissal of the Whitlam Government in 1975.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Australians.; Foreign study.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; History.;
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A Woman's Place. by Zehtabchi, Rayka,film director.; Vox Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Vox Media in 2020.Despite the grit, the harassment, and the struggle, these three chefs have carved a well-deserved space for themselves in the culinary industry. Watch as butcher Etana Diaz, chef Marielle Fabie, and restaurateur Karyn Tomlinson speak of their shared experience as women facing and overcoming institutionalized sexism in the new documentary, directed by Academy Award winner Rayka Zehtabchi.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Food industry and trade.; Instructional films.; Sociology.; Gender identity.; Documentary films.; Women's studies.; Sex role.; Cooks.;
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Show me science. [videorecording] : how they live, learn & communicate / by Allegro Productions (Firm); TMW Media Group.;
As mammals, humans and dolphins share a number of important biological characteristics. Both species are warm-blooded, have body hair, breathe air, give live birth and nurse their young. But is it possible that we have more in common? Do they like us? Can they reason and solve problems? Just how intelligent are these gentle marine mammals? In this program, join marine scientists from Florida to Hawaii who are trying to answer these and other questions about dolphins by studying how they live, learn and communicate.G.DVD.
Subjects: Children's films.; Dolphins.; Educational films.; Human-animal relationships.; Marine mammals.; Video recordings for children.;
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#AnneFrank: Parallel Stories. by Migotto, Anna,film director.; Fedeli, Sabina,film director.; Mirren, Helen,actor.; Film Movement (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Helen MirrenOriginally produced by Film Movement in 2019.The Oscar-winning Actress Helen Mirren retraces the life of Anne through the pages of her diary, and that of 5 other women who, as children and adolescents, were also deported to concentration camps but survived the Shoah. Off “the set”, a young girl, talking to her peers using social media, will lead us through Anne Frank’s short life and her feelings. In the documentary we also hear the voices of Rabbi Michael Berenbaum, historian and professor of Jewish studies at various American universities. Produced in collaboration with Anne Frank Fond Basel.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Judaism.; Documentary films.; Women's studies.; History.; Holocaust.;
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Guitar lessons [videorecording] / by Auger, William,actor.; James, Aaron,film director,screenwriter.; Kootenay, Conway,actor.; Lund, Corb,actor.; Makuch, Lianna,actor.; Freestyle Digital Media,film distributor.;
Corb Lund, William Auger, Conway Kootenay, Lianna Makuch.A 15-year-old Metis boy and a cantankerous oilfield contractor learn to grow up together over guitar lessons.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Closed-captioned for the hearing impairedDVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Métis children; Male friendship; Guitar; Petroleum workers; Teenage boys;
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Tangled vines : power, privilege, and the Murdaugh family murders / by Glatt, John,author.;
"In Tangled Vines, bestselling true crime author John Glatt reconstructs the rise of the prestigious Murdaugh family and the shocking double murder that led to the downfall of its patriarch, Alex Murdaugh. Among the lush, tree-lined waterways of South Carolina low country, the Murdaugh name means power. A century-old, multimillion-dollar law practice has catapulted the family into incredible wealth and local celebrity--but it was an unimaginable tragedy that would thrust them into the national spotlight. On June 7th, 2021, prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh discovered the bodies of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, on the grounds of their thousand-acre hunting lodge. The mystery deepened only months later when Alex himself was discovered shot in the head on a local roadside. But as authorities scrambled for clues and the community reeled from the loss and media attention, dark secrets about this Southern legal dynasty came to light. The Murdaughs, it turned out, were feared as much as they were loved. And they wouldn't hesitate to wield their influence to protect one of their own; two years before he was killed, a highly intoxicated Paul Murdaugh was at the helm of a boat when it crashed and killed a teenage girl, and his light treatment by police led to speculation that privilege had come into play. As bombshells of financial fraud were revealed and more suspicious deaths were linked to the Murdaughs, a new portrait of Alex Murdaugh emerged: a desperate man on the brink of ruin who would do anything, even plan his own death, to save his family's reputation"--
Subjects: Biographies.; True crime stories.; Personal narratives.; Murdaugh, Alex (Richard Alexander), 1968-; Murdaugh, Alex (Richard Alexander), 1968-; Lawyers; Murder;
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Framing Agnes. by Joynt, Chase,film director.; Ross, Angelica,actor.; Richards, Jen,actor.; Drucker, Zackary,actor.; Mongrel Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Angelica Ross, Jen Richards, Zackary DruckerOriginally produced by Mongrel Media in 2022.After discovering case files from the 1950s, a cast of transgender actors turn a talk show inside out to confront the legacy of a pioneering trans woman who participated in an infamous gender health study.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Homosexuality.; Documentary films.; LGBTQ.; Transgender people.; History.;
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The Bonackers. by Friedland Roberts, Joanne,film director.; The Center for New American Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by The Center for New American Media in 2024.THE BONACKERS is the story of the families who’ve fished and farmed the East End of Long Island for almost 400 years. Struggling to survive in the mansion filled Hamptons, they may be the last of their kind.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Business.; Science.; Economic development.; Agriculture.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; Farmers.; New York (State).;
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