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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the award-winning, bestselling author of No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, and This Changes Everything, a revelatory analysis of the collapsed meanings, blurred identities, and uncertain realities of the mirror world.Over the past twenty-five years, Naomi Klein has charted and documented our politics and culture with a series of trenchant bestselling books laying bare the effects of branding, austerity, and climate profiteering on our societies and...
2) Fake news
Author
Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"As news media has moved past established old-time sources and into new forms-and as the cry of "fake news" is used for both false sources and real news that people dislike-it becomes more and more difficult to know what to trust. In this informative book, readers will learn what clues and signs to watch for when reading, watching, or listening to news media. Useful tips will help them figure out when to look deeper on social media, and intriguing...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
This title teaches readers about the important, exciting world of photojournalism. Citizen journalists will learn to tell stories with pictures, either for fun or as part of serious news events. Readers will learn how to document and present stories in thoughtful and ethical ways. Choosing the right equipment is crucial, from DSLRs to cell phone cameras. Techniques covered include capturing the decisive moment, shooting spot news, staying safe, candid...
4) Fake news, propaganda, and plain old lies: how to find trustworthy information in the digital age
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xv, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Are you overwhelmed at the amount, contradictions, and craziness of all the information coming at you in this age of social media and twenty-four-hour news cycles?
Fake News, Propaganda, and Plain Old Lies will show you how to identify deceptive information as well as how to seek out the most trustworthy information in order to inform decision making in your personal, academic, professional, and civic lives.
• Learn how to identify the alarm bells...
Author
Series
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Learn all about the famous social-networking site Facebook with projects inspired by its features and functions. Create profile posters for famous people from the past, write status updates from your pet's perspective, and invent your own emoticons. Step-by-step directions and colorful photos bring each project to life. -- Publisher description.
Author
Series
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Learn all about the celebrated video-sharing site YouTube with fun projects inspired by its features and functions. Create your own video tutorial, perform skits in front of an audience, and make your own podcast. Step-by-step directions and colorful photos bring each project to life. -- Publisher description.
Author
Series
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Learn all; about the well-known website and app Pinterest with fun projects inspired by its features and functions. Gather ideas on an inspirational pin board, put images of your favorite things on display, and produce how-to guides for your very own projects. Step-by-step directions and colorful photos bring each project to life. -- Publisher description.
Author
Publisher
Seaview/Putnam
Pub. Date
1984
Physical Desc
286 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ida Tarbell's generation called her a "muckraker" (the term was Theodore Roosevelt's, and he didn't intend it as a compliment), but in our time she would have been known as an investigative reporter, with the celebrity of Woodward and Bernstein. By any description, Ida Tarbell was one of the most powerful women of her time in the United States: admired, feared, hated. When her History of the Standard Oil Company was published, first in McClure's Magazine...
Author
Publisher
Scribe
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
416 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The Last Yakuza tells the history of the yakuza like it's never been told before. Makoto Saigo is half-American and half-Japanese in small-town Japan with a set of talents limited to playing guitar and picking fights. With rock stardom off the table, he turns toward the only place where you can start from the bottom and move up through sheer merit, loyalty, and brute force-the yakuza. Saigo, nicknamed "The Tsunami", quickly realizes that even within...