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Book Summary
In a media landscape dominated by advocacy news networks pushing competing points of view, how can the average person uncover the truth about any particular issue? This book will show you how to separate the facts from the agenda-driven spin and selective presentation often used by such news sources as Fox and MSNBC. The author describes the goals of advocacy journalism--i.e., journalism that transparently advocates a biased worldview--and shows that it has been a part of our history since the 1700s. He assesses the role of talk radio, cable news networks, and the more recent phenomena of special-interest blogs, websites, and citizen journalists in creating the current
ISBN-13
9781633881655
Language
English
Binding
Hard Bound
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Publishing Date
2016-08-16

What's News?: A Critical Thinker's Guide to the Media

by Larry Atkins (Author),
Prometheus Books (Publisher)
fictionfantasyyoung adultaward winning

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Book Summary
In a media landscape dominated by advocacy news networks pushing competing points of view, how can the average person uncover the truth about any particular issue? This book will show you how to separate the facts from the agenda-driven spin and selective presentation often used by such news sources as Fox and MSNBC. The author describes the goals of advocacy journalism--i.e., journalism that transparently advocates a biased worldview--and shows that it has been a part of our history since the 1700s. He assesses the role of talk radio, cable news networks, and the more recent phenomena of special-interest blogs, websites, and citizen journalists in creating the current
Book Specifications
ISBN-13
9781633881655
Language
English
Binding
Hard Bound
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Publishing Date
2016-08-16