Bibliograph

Breaking the news, what's real, what's not, and why the difference matters, Robin Terry Brown ; foreword by Susan Goldberg

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Breaking the news, what's real, what's not, and why the difference matters, Robin Terry Brown ; foreword by Susan Goldberg

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 152) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Breaking the news

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Robin Terry Brown ; foreword by Susan Goldberg

Sub title

what's real, what's not, and why the difference matters

Summary

Headlines leap out at us from mobile phones, TV screens, computers, newspapers, and everywhere we turn. Technology has opened up exciting new ways to tell interesting stories, but how much of it is news ... and how much is just noise? This refreshing and up-to-date media literacy book gives kids the tools they need to distinguish what is fact from what is fiction so that they can make smart choices about what to believe

Table Of Contents

The history of news -- Making the news -- Propaganda, half-truths, and hoaxes -- Media today -- Finding the truth -- The future of news -- Major events in news history -- Meet the experts

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Breaking the news

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