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Breaking the News
News and media are thrown at us from all directions. We carry world access to news sources in our back pockets with us every day. Knowing where to start and how to access good, trustworthy, accurate news can seem overwhelming and daunting. This text gives you the tools to understand the news, while introducing you to the faces and voices of news personalities, the history behind making news, propaganda vs. news, news ethics, and finding the truth using your news truth tool kit. The book is filled with colorful page spreads with graphics and photographs, discussion questions and quotes, and ending pages that include a glossary, sources, and an index. Equip students with the ability to discern and gather factual, truthful, and accurate information for themselves. 160 pgs, hc. ~Rebecca
In this timely and relevant title, National Geographic Kids shines a light on the history of news to reveal where we started, how far we've come, and the serious impact that misinterpretation and misinformation can have on the world.
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. Topics cover a broad range, from defining freedom of speech, the journalists' code of ethics, the dangers of propaganda, and the future of news.
Packed with profiles of influential journalists, fun facts, and iconic photographs, this ultimate guide to the information age will get kids thinking about their relationship and responsibility to media.
Product Format: | Hardcover |
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Brand: | National Geographic Kids |
Grades: | 5-9 |
ISBN: | 9781426338885 |
Length in Inches: | 11.125 |
Width in Inches: | 9.5 |
Height in Inches: | 0.625 |
Weight in Pounds: | 2.05 |