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Don't believe it! : how lies become news / Alexandra Kitty.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Disinformation ; St. Paul, MN : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, c2005.Description: 415 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1932857060 (alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Do not believe it!
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.23
LOC classification:
  • PN 4888 K62d 2005
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Contents:
P. 1. Introduction to evaluating the news -- Introduction -- Definitions -- How news is created -- Media realities -- Breakdowns -- p. 2. Rumors and misinformation -- Rumors and common knowledge -- The competitor's myth -- The winner -- Fear, stereotypes and myths -- . War propaganda -- The mistake -- p. 3. Hoaxes -- Reporter as victim -- Reporter as hero -- Reporter as villain -- Academic and scientific hoaxes in the news -- p. 4. How to spot rumors and hoaxes -- Sources and investigation -- Logic versus emotion -- Deconstructing news stories -- Misdirection -- Eyewitness testimony and testimonials -- Forensic and other evidence -- Getting all sides -- Being a savvy news consumer -- p. 5. Manual of rumors and hoaxes.
Summary: "In Don't Believe it!, accomplished journalist and academic Alexandra Kitty takes you on a guided tour of one hundred years of media hoaxes, propaganda and misinformation and shows you how to take apart a news story from the inside out to find the falsehoods lurking within."
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 4888 K62d 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000110565

Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-415).

P. 1. Introduction to evaluating the news -- Introduction -- Definitions -- How news is created -- Media realities -- Breakdowns -- p. 2. Rumors and misinformation -- Rumors and common knowledge -- The competitor's myth -- The winner -- Fear, stereotypes and myths -- . War propaganda -- The mistake -- p. 3. Hoaxes -- Reporter as victim -- Reporter as hero -- Reporter as villain -- Academic and scientific hoaxes in the news -- p. 4. How to spot rumors and hoaxes -- Sources and investigation -- Logic versus emotion -- Deconstructing news stories -- Misdirection -- Eyewitness testimony and testimonials -- Forensic and other evidence -- Getting all sides -- Being a savvy news consumer -- p. 5. Manual of rumors and hoaxes.

"In Don't Believe it!, accomplished journalist and academic Alexandra Kitty takes you on a guided tour of one hundred years of media hoaxes, propaganda and misinformation and shows you how to take apart a news story from the inside out to find the falsehoods lurking within."

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