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Uncovered : how the media got cozy with power, abandoned its principles, and lost the people / by Krakauer, Steve,1984-author.(CARDINAL)866394;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-279) and index."America's news media has moved farther away from the people than ever before. The fourth estate is supposed to be a conduit to the people and a check on power. Instead, we have a bunch of geographically isolated, introspection-free, cozy-with-power, egomaniacal journalists thirsty for elite approval. This is a major problem. And no one articulates these problems better than Steve Krakauer, one of America's sharpest media critics. In Uncovered, Krakauer gives readers an extended peek behind the curtain of the media mess in America today. The book dives deep into some of the most important and egregious examples of the elite censorship collusion racket, like how tech suppression and media fear led to the New York Post-Hunter Biden email debacle before the 2020 election. This is not an "I hate the media" book. Rather, it's the opposite."--
Subjects: Mass media; Mass media;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Agenda-setting / by Dearing, James W.(CARDINAL)166891; Rogers, Everett M.(CARDINAL)152731;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-128) and indexes.What Is Agenda-Setting? Agenda-Setting as a Political Process The Media Agenda, Public Agenda, and Policy Agenda The Chapel Hill Study Salience as the Key in Agenda-Setting History of Agenda-Setting Research The Search for Media Effects Three Research Traditions Measuring Agendas The Rise and Fall of the War on Drugs -- Media Agenda Studies -- Media Advocacy for Drunk Driving -- Real-World Indicators and the Media Agenda -- AIDS and the Media Agenda in San Francisco -- Influencing the Media Agenda -- Similarity of Media Coverage of an Issue -- Measuring the Media Agenda -- The Exxon Valdez and the Environment -- Public Agenda Studies: The Hierarchy Approach -- The Issues of the 1960s -- Measuring the Public Agenda -- Evidence for the Influence of the Media Agenda on the Public Agenda -- Intervening Variables in Predicting the Public Agenda -- The Role of Personal Experience With Issues -- Public Agenda Studies: Longitudinal Approaches -- The Issue of AIDS in the United States -- The Issue-Attention Cycle -- How an Issue Gets on the Public Agenda -- Experimental Research -- A Threshold in Public Attention -- Issue Displacement as a Zero-Sum Game -- Time in Agenda-Setting Research -- How the Ethiopian Famine Got on the Agenda -- Policy Agenda Studies -- The Media-Policy Relationship -- Media Coverage and Decision Making in Washington -- From the Issue of Power to the Power of Issues -- Investigative Reporting and Policy Making in Chicago -- Studying the Policy Agenda -- Setting the Agenda in the U.S. Senate -- Studying the Agenda-Setting Process -- Comparisons Among Agenda-Setting Approaches -- Generalizations About Agenda-Setting -- Toward Disaggregation in Agenda-Setting Research -- Research Questions for Future Study -- The Need for Multimethod Research Designs -- Agenda-Setting in Democratic Societies.What is the biggest social problem in the news today? Who makes issues newsworthy and important? Why do some issues receive more attention than others? Social issues that are widely recognized on the media's agenda often demand attention on the public agenda, and in turn influence the policy agenda, creating policy changes. James W. Dearing and Everett M. Rogers's research on social issues that hit the top of the media agenda - e.g., the war on drugs, drunk driving, the Exxon Valdez, the Ethiopian famine, and AIDS - provides important theoretical and practical insight into the agenda-setting process and its role in effecting social change. This reader-friendly volume introduces students to an important area of communication research and offers them direction for further inquiry. Researchers and professionals in political and mass communication, media studies, research methods, and marketing also will appreciate this volume's insightful approach to agenda-setting and policy.
Subjects: Mass media and public opinion; Mass media; Mass media; Mass media; Public opinion; Political planning;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The media and me : a guide to critical media literacy for young people / by Project Censored (U.S.),author.(CARDINAL)528678;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-254) and index."During the recent presidential election, "media literacy" became a buzzword that signified the threat media manipulation posed to democratic processes. Meanwhile, statistical research has shown that 8 to 18 year-olds pack more than eleven hours with some form of media into each day by "media multitasking." Young people are not only eager and interested to learn about and discuss the realities of media ownership, production, and distribution, they also deserve to understand differential power structures in how media influences our culture. The Media and Me provides readers with the tools and perspectives to be empowered and autonomous media users. The book explores critical inquiry skills to help young people form a multidimensional comprehension of whatthey read and watch, opportunities to see others like them making change, and insight into their own identity projects. By covering topics like storytelling, building arguments and recognizing fallacies, surveillance and digital gatekeeping, advertising and consumerism, and global social problems through a critical media literacy lens, this book will help students evolve from passive consumers of media to engaged critics and creators." --Grades 10-12Ages 13UP
Subjects: Informational works.; Young adult literature.; Media literacy.; Mass media; Fake news.;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Myths, lies, and downright stupidity : get out the shovel-- why everything you know is wrong / by Stossel, John.(CARDINAL)512631;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-296) and index.Clueless media -- He and she -- Bashing business -- Monster government -- Stupid schools -- Consumer cons -- The lawsuit racket -- Experts for everything -- The power of belief -- Our health -- Perils of parenting -- The pursuit of happiness.Myths and misconceptions covered in the book include: Is the media unbiased? Are our schools helping or hurting our kids? Do singles have a better sex life than married people? Do we have less free time than we used to? Is outsourcing bad for American workers? Suburban sprawl is ruining America; money makes people happier; the world is too crowded; we're drowning in garbage; profiteering is evil; sweatshops exploit people. Investigative reporter Stossel takes on these issues and many more.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Common fallacies; Economics.; Mass media.; Quality of life; Social problems;
Available copies: 27 / Total copies: 33
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Fake news and the manipulation of public opinion / by Mooney, Carla,1970-author.(CARDINAL)349099;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The new look of fake news -- Why is fake news so hard to spot? -- Social media's role in the spread of fake news -- Election interference -- Fighting fake news and other manipulation techniques.Fake news is not new but, thanks to the Internet and social media, it is spreading faster and farther than ever before. Fabricated stories are creating doubt and confusion and easing the way for the manipulation of public opinion. In some cases, websites and news articles are designed to confuse people into thinking that they are looking at trusted sources and factual stories. In other cases, the label fake news serves as a tool for discrediting unflattering accounts or opposing points of view. The result in all cases is public confusion that, many argue, threatens the foundations of democracy. Fake News and the Manipulation of Public Opinion presents a balanced but realistic view of what has been taking place, how, and why. It examines both the consequences of these actions and the efforts being made at all levels of society to end this problem.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fake news; Mass media and public opinion;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Trial by Internet / by Hurt, Avery Elizabeth,editor.(CARDINAL)415814;
The relative anonymity of the Internet allows us to assert our knowledge like a professor, show off our seemingly perfect lives, and judge like we're presiding over a court of law. The problem with this relatively new phenomenon is that we often make snap judgments about other people's actions or statements without knowing all of the facts, and without giving others the benefit of the doubt. This volume dives deep into the realities of the Internet age: Do we become different people when we're on the Internet? What responsibility do we have in our treatment of others in this new society? Is it our place to be virtual judge and jury?Grade 9 to 12.Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Trial by facebook : a dangerous trend / Craig Charles Haley -- Trial by social media is the new form of people's court / Araceli Cruz -- Internet lynch mobs go after accused woman?and her defenders / Douglas Preston -- The media's court of public opinion finds casey anthony guilty as charged / Keith Long -- Improper internet use by jurors can be contempt of court / Dominic Greive -- Witch hunts and the presumption of innocence : The Web site Crime Talk -- Online, you are guilty even after being proven innocent / Sarah Downey -- As a form of trial by internet, cyberbullying can do serious harm / Hailey Ellis -- Cyberbullying is worse than bullying / Gideon Lasco -- Six disturbing cyberbullying cases that turned into suicide stories / Anonymous -- Official punishment lasts a few years : unofficially it may never end / Alison McCook -- Online complaint sites can ruin people's lives / CiviliNation -- Online vigilantism may increase wrongful convictions / Simon Chandler -- Social media is ruining politics / Nicholas Carr -- Fake election news stories outperformed real news on facebook / Craig Silverman -- Americans have been worried about internet?s influence on politics for several years / Aaron Smith -- Fake news and false rumors can sway an election / Yochi Dreazen -- You may be living in an information echo chamber / Jayson DeMers -- Organizations to contact -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subjects: Young adult literature.; Mass media and criminal justice.; Criminal justice, Administration of.; Social media.; Social media.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Foolproof : why misinformation infects our minds and how to build immunity / by Van der Linden, Sander,author.(CARDINAL)867803;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-342) and index."From fake news to conspiracy theories, from inflammatory memes to misleading headlines, misinformation has swiftly become the defining problem of our era. The crisis threatens the integrity of our democracies, our ability to cultivate trusting relationships, even our physical and psychological well-being--yet most attempts to combat it have proven insufficient. In Foolproof, one of the world's leading experts on misinformation lays out a crucial new paradigm for understanding and defending ourselves against the worldwide infodemic."--
Subjects: Informational works.; Fake news.; Misinformation.; Disinformation.; Truthfulness and falsehood.; Social media; Social media.;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 13
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Be the parent, please : stop banning seesaws and start banning Snapchat : strategies for solving the real parenting problems / by Riley, Naomi Schaefer,author.(CARDINAL)468839;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-240) and index.Introduction: Screen time -- What we don't know can't hurt us -- Babies aren't meant to be Einsteins -- Are you preparing your child for school or Las Vegas? -- Drop the call... and the phone while you are at it -- The price of internet access is eternal vigilance -- Think American education can't get worse? Put iPads in the classroom -- Just say no -- Less technology, more independence."Screens are seductive. We see it in our toddlers, begging for tablets. We see it in our pre-teens, leading double lives on Tumblr. We see it in ourselves, too, as much of our time gets sucked into news feeds and emails. From a parenting vantage, technology has been the holy grail, allowing us to outsource the unpleasant tasks and give ourselves a break. No clean-up after painting when it's done on a tablet. No complaints of "I'm bored" on a road trip when there's a game-loaded smartphone. No screams when you have to take a call if the kids are absorbed in a screen rather than running around the house. But, as many parents have guessed from their distracted, sedentary, and incessantly anxious-about-what-might-be-going-on-without-them kids, there some things you just can't out-source: you have to be the parent."--Book jacket
Subjects: Technology and children.; Technology and youth.; Internet and children.; Internet and youth.; Digital media; Mass media and children.; Mass media and youth.; Parenting.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Mass shootings / by Gitlin, Marty,editor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Why are there so many mass shootings? Violence in media creates violence in children / Vanessa LoBue ; Violent media does not create mass killers / MediaSmarts ; Cyberbullying cannot be ignored / Andrew Przybylski ; Mental illness plays a huge role in gun violence / Amy Swearer ; Blaming mass shootings on mental illness leads to stigma / Jessica Glenza -- Are guns the root of the problem? The President of the United States is blaming everything but guns for mass shootings / Sabrina Siddiqui ; Americans largely support gun restrictions to "do something" about gun violence / Domenico Montanaro ; Gun control is not the solution / National Public Radio ; California proves background checks don't work / Jon Miltimore ; International gun control laws show the complexities of the problem / Peter Squires -- How important is the Second Amendment? Assault weapons and high-capacity magazines must be banned / Center for American Progress ; "More people with guns" won't help / Colleen Walsh ; Repealing the Second Amendment is not a simple prospect / Ron Elving ; The Second Amendment is open to interpretation / Alan Yuhas ; The rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment must be defended / Richard Ebeling -- How should the problem of mass shootings be addressed? "Good guys with guns" are not the solution / Susanna Lee ; You too can be a good guy with a gun / David French ; Gun buybacks are futile / Jon Stokes ; Open Carry is wrong law for curbing gun violence / Paul Ausick ; Focus on prevention instead of reacting / Anya Kamenetz -- For further discussion -- Organizations to contact."Since 2016, the United States has experienced an average of nearly one mass shooting per day. Is this the new normal, or can something be done to prevent these slaughters? America seems divided about how to stop mass shootings. While some point to stricter gun control as a solution, others urge a focus on mental health and improvement of social factors that contribute to disenfranchisement. Meanwhile, the shootings continue, while the country's leaders are deadlocked. The diverse viewpoints in this volume explore the topic of mass shootings, their causes and effects, and potential solutions for eliminating them"--
Subjects: Mass shootings; Mass shootings; Firearms and crime; Gun control; Violence in mass media.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Gun violence / by Scherer, Ellen,author.;
A hard problem to solve -- Understanding the Second Amendment -- A brief history of the NRA -- Gun violence studies -- Gun violence risk factors -- Gun safety for young adults -- Aggressive behavior -- Access to guns -- Gender stereotypes -- Staying safe?-- Race and class -- Public policy -- Police gun violence -- Video games and music -- Social media and mass shootings -- Mass shootings and gun control -- Mental illness and gun suicide -- Gun suicide prevention -- What you can do."Gun violence doesn't have to be an unapproachable topic. This hi/lo resource utilizes easy to read timelines and maps, as well as reflective photographs and online resources to deliver a comprehensive yet approachable guide to the complex issue of gun violence. Teens will gain insight into the history of gun violence as the text delves into the various social, economic, and cultural factors that have built the current landscape. Ending with an overview of gun violence prevention efforts and gun safety, this book encourages readers to engaging in critical thinking in order to solve current issues and look toward the future"--
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Instructional and educational works.; Firearms; Firearms; Gun control; Gun control;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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