Fake News

Censorship • Hows – Whys • Secret Agendas • Wrongs – Rights • Conspiracy Theories • The Media vs Politicians • Wiki Leaks

Tom Jackson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

96 Seiten

2020
Words & Pictures (Verlag)
978-0-7112-5034-5 (ISBN)

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What is fake news? How can the news be wrong? How do we know if what we're reading is true or not? This book helps answer these questions and provides kids with the necessary knowledge to make up their own minds on fake news and the media as a whole.

What is fake news? How can the news be wrong? How do we know if what we're reading is true or not?

The concept of fake news and the media as a whole is discussed as part of the What's the Issue series. What's the Issue asks ‘what’s all the fuss about?’ It reviews what is at stake when we think about fake news, with the aim of helping young people to understand this difficult subject and provide them with the tools to inform their own opinions on the issue.

Tom Jackson is a writer specialising in science and technology for children and adults. Titles include Chilled: How Refrigeration Changed the World and Might Do So Again and Philosophy: An Illustrated History of Thought.Cristina Guitian is an illustrator living and working in London. Her distinct style of hand-drawn characters and typography creates surreal worlds filled with hybrid creatures that won her a Bronze Award, Best of British illustration in 2009. Cristina has also created installations for Victoria Revealed, a permanent exhibition at Kensington Palace, and has been featured in the prestigious D&DA Annual.

Author’s Note
What’s Truth Got to do With It?
The Evolution of Speech
The Invention of Writing
Myths and Meaning
Recording History
Making Pictures
The Invention of Printing
The Press
Forming Opinions
Seeing is Believing
Controlling the Story
Advertising
Getting Publicity
Radio and Television
Broadcast News
Tabloid Journalism
Rolling News
Holding to Account
What is Information For?
The World Wide Web
Web 2.0
Memes
Conspiracy Theories
Citizen Journalism
Freedom of Speech
The filter Bubble
Meddling and Misinformation
News about News
Populism
How to Spot Fake News
True or False?
Mind Map
Glossary
Find Out More
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	21.08.2020
Reihe/Serie	What's the Issue?
Illustrationen	Cristina Guitian
Zusatzinfo	color illustrations
Sprache	englisch
Maße	185 x 240 mm
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Geschichte / Politik
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
ISBN-10	0-7112-5034-0 / 0711250340
ISBN-13	978-0-7112-5034-5 / 9780711250345
Zustand	Neuware