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Have you ever wondered how podcasts are created? This nonfiction math reader teaches students multiplication while they are engaged in reading about how a science-fiction-themed podcast series is created from start to finish. This book integrates math and literacy skills, combining informational text, problem-solving, and real-world connections to help students explore mathematics in a meaningful way. Vibrant images, simple practice problems, and...
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Misinformation and disinformation both describe misleading or false information--one is spread unintentionally and the other is shared on purpose. Censorship involves suppressing certain information. All three significantly impact how people interpret issues and events. This important title examines the different ways of, and reasons for, controlling information, and how to build information literacy. Free downloadable Teacher's Notes.
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Rituals mark significant moments in our lives - perhaps none more significant than moments of lightheartedness, joy, and play. The rituals that bond humanity create our most transcendent experiences and meaningful memories. Rituals of play are among the most sacred of any of the rites in which humanity may engage. Although we may fail to recognize rituals of play, they are always present in culture, providing a kind of psychological release for their...
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Intelligence services, government administrations, businesses, and a growing majority of the population are hooked on the idea that big data can reveal patterns and correlations in everyday life. Because big data renders quantifiable what we think of as social, it helps propel the project of modernity, which strives for knowledge, progress, better services, and more comfortable lives. Data Love argues that the dark side of data mining cannot be confined...
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Los autores de este libro creen que la superstición llamada realidad, construida por hechos noticiosos como las guerras, las catástrofes o las peroratas de los políticos, no estará completa sin la opinión de los personajes que nos llevan a otros mundos a través de sus visiones.
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Students today live in a media-rich world of breaking news headlines and social media posts. With the vital information in this book, students will learn how to navigate the many facets of this evolving media so they can stay informed while also objective. Complete with captivating diagrams and photographs, this resource will help students understand how the news and media have evolved, how to spot bias, and how to stay safe online. Students will...
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This wide-ranging, insightful book will make readers keenly aware of the media's power, while underscoring the role that we all play in fostering a media climate that cultivates a greater sense of humanity, cooperation, and fulfillment of human potential. What role do the media have in creating the conditions for atrocities such as occurred in Rwanda? Conversely, can the media be used to preserve democracy and safeguard the human rights of all citizens...
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Penser le point de rencontre entre les pratiques sociales généralisées et les pratiques transformatrices, qui modifient les espaces socionumériques et leur permettent de devenir autre, implique de mettre en suspens deux préjugés persistants, soit le premier selon lequel les humains ne font que se déplacer dans les espaces en les laissant inchangés, et le deuxième selon lequel des catégories fixes prédéfinissent l'expérience réelle en...
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"Los autores congregados en este libro hacen venturosas contribuciones para examinar la cultura digital. Desde diversas perspectivas, describen e incluso construyen metodologías propicias para la investigación en este campo {... } Las aleccionadoras indagaciones y las cimentadas certezas metodológicas que describen los ocho autores de este libro, la destreza con la que toman y reelaboran conceptos e instrumentos, la demostración de que los estudios...
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It's possible that some kids have never seen a physical newspaper in their home. But, it's still very likely they know the name of their hometown paper, if there is one, and other big names like The Washington Post or The New York Times. This volume emphasizes to readers the importance of newspapers in the past and today in reporting events as they happen, making newspapers an essential primary source. Images of iconic headlines and news stories are...
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L'ancienne journaliste Chantal Francoeur rend compte de la révolution qui a récemment eu cours au service de l'information de Radio-Canada: l'intégration des équipes d'information radio, télé et web et l'adoption du travail multiplateforme. Son livre invite le lecteur à entrer dans l'intimité de la salle des nouvelles radio-canadienne.
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The media is said to be the government's watchdog. It serves many purposes but primarily to deliver news on what's happening around us. How the media chooses and delivers news impact people's reaction. In this book, you will read about the importance of the media as well as its functions in the society. Grab a copy today.
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Este libro analiza los programas televisivos peruanos en los principales canales nacionales de señal abierta -Latina, América Televisión, Panamericana Televisión, TV Perú, ATV y Red Global- con el fin de consolidarlos y categorizarlos. Para los autores la televisión peruana genera clusters discursivos que‑reflejan las características de la sociedad a la vez que construyen y consolidan‑sus imaginarios. De igual manera, estos imaginarios...
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Microradio and Democracy discusses the role of citizen access to communications in a democratic society, and how diversity, localism, and core political speech are undermined by corporate control of the public airwaves. Ruggiero examines the emergence of microradio activism in recent court cases, and the links between the microradio struggle and larger movements for democracy and social justice. Illustrated with photos and graphics, this book will...
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Due to today's nonstop news cycle and the omnipresence of the internet, the search for facts can be more difficult than ever. A rumor or untruth can be shared at the touch of a button. This volume analyzes the various types of hoaxes that appear online and in the news, providing readers with a comprehensive set of tools to discover whether or not a story, image, or quotation is true. Hoaxes covered range from the historical Piltdown Man to the recent...
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In this series of fifteen essays with leading figures in the journalism and publishing fields, Aydogan Vatandas brings his unique investigative approach and perspective as a journalistic bridge-builder to explore the evolution of the media and the role it plays in global understanding as he seeks that middle meeting field of differing cultures and approaches.
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Journalism has been a profession for a long time, but as news sources move online, it's changing into a field that makes increasing use of social media and other tools. This informative volume will show would-be writers and reporters how online journalists use these tools to investigate and deliver news, and how they can learn how to do this themselves. History and examples of online journalism will pull readers in, and tips for recognizing good sources...
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We all relish a good scandal-the larger the figure (governor, judge) and more shocking the particulars (diapers, cigars)-the better. But why do people feel compelled to act out their tangled psychodramas on the national stage, and why do we so enjoy watching them, hurling our condemnations while savoring every lurid detail?
With "pointed daggers of prose" (The New Yorker), Laura Kipnis examines contemporary downfall sagas to lay bare the American...
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A principios del año 2004 propuse al entonces periódico Público, hoy Milenio Jalisco, la realización de una serie de entrevistas con personajes de Guadalajara. El propósito era conocer mejor el quehacer de estas personas, su manera de ser y su forma de pensar. Con ello buscábamos también mostrar la riqueza y diversidad de la ciudad, elaborar una "acuarela" de la actual Guadalajara a partir de algunos de sus habitants más emblemáticos. Serían...
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"In this passionate and strikingly lucid essay, Robert McChesney makes clear why all of us should be alarmed about the effects of media mergers on the future of American democracy. This is a must reading for anyone who wants to get a quick understanding of this troubling trend."-Susan J. Douglas, author of Growing Up Female with the Mass Media
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