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True or false : a CIA analyst's guide to spotting fake news
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- ISBN: 1250239494 :
- ISBN: 9781250239495 :
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xv, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2020.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313). |
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 13-18 Feiwel & Friends. Grades 10-12 Feiwel & Friends. |
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| Subject: | Fake news Fake news United States Media literacy |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Howe Library | YA 070.43 OTI | 31254003681901 | Teens - Lower level | Checked out | 05/08/2024 |
True or False : A CIA Analyst's Guide to Spotting Fake News
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Table of Contents
True or False : A CIA Analyst's Guide to Spotting Fake News
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | p. x | |
| Part I | The History of Fake News | |
| Section 1 | Fake News Has Been Around a Lot Longer Than You Think | |
| Chapter 1 | The Impact of Fake News | p. 1 |
| The Gruesome Story of Jack the Ripper | ||
| Chapter 2 | The Beginning of Fake News | p. 12 |
| The Glorious Victory of Ramses II | ||
| The Demonic Rulers of Constantinople | ||
| Insert: The Printing Press | p. 22 | |
| Chapter 3 | Fake News and the French Monarchy | p. 24 |
| The War of Words Between Marie de Médicis and Her Son | ||
| Marie Antoinette, Destroyer of France | ||
| Insert: The First Newspapers | p. 36 | |
| Chapter 4 | Fake News and America's Founders | p. 38 |
| Benjamin Franklin's Very Special Printing Press | ||
| When Thomas Jefferson Really Wanted to Be President | ||
| Chapter 5 | Fake News Takes On Science | p. 48 |
| The Wild Worlds of Edgar Allan Poe | ||
| The New York Sun's Fantastical Lunar Creatures | ||
| That Time the Wichita City Eagle Said the Earth Would Explode | ||
| Insert: The Impact of the Telegraph on Fake News | p. 59 | |
| Section 2 | Yellow Journalism, Propaganda, and Disinformation, Oh My! | |
| Chapter 6 | Yellow Journalism | p. 63 |
| Hearst, Pulitzer, and the Spanish-American War They Sold | ||
| Insert: Backlash Against Yellow Journalism | p. 70 | |
| Chapter 7 | Fake News at War | p. 72 |
| WWII: How the Nazis Used Lies to Kill | ||
| When the British Faked a Mutiny Over the Radio | ||
| The Fake Military That Might Have Just Won the War | ||
| Chapter 8 | When Racist Conspiracies Become Fake News | p. 83 |
| How First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's Clubs Secretly Planned an Uprising | ||
| Insert: The Alien Invasion That Wasn't | p. 90 | |
| Chapter 9 | Smoking Is Good for You and Other Fake News About Your Health | p. 94 |
| The Tricks of the Tobacco Industry Research Committee | ||
| Dr. Andrew Wakefield and His Fake Medical Study About Vaccines | ||
| Insert: The Introduction of Television | p. 102 | |
| Chapter 10 | The Fake News Intelligence Battles | p. 104 |
| When the Soviets Claimed the US Created HIV-AIDS | ||
| Insert: Welcome to the Internet | p. 112 | |
| Section 3 | Drowning in Fake News | |
| Chapter 11 | Going Digital | p. 117 |
| The Syrian Woman Who Didn't Exist | ||
| A Fake News Website Empire | ||
| When George Bush Couldn't Get Rid of Fake Campaign Websites | ||
| Insert: Fact-Checking Websites | p. 126 | |
| Chapter 12 | Fake News Goes Viral | p. 128 |
| Fake Rumors That Killed Innocent People in Mexico | ||
| How Fake News Almost Started a War | ||
| When Russia Definitely Didn't Shoot Down an Airplane | ||
| Chapter 13 | Fake News Takes Over Elections | p. 140 |
| Hillary Clinton and the Man Who shot Up a Pizza Parlor | ||
| The Guy who paid His Student-Loan Bill with Fake News | ||
| That Time Russian Troll Farms Tried to Rig the Us Election | ||
| Insert: Fake News Weaponized Around the World | p. 161 | |
| Part II | How We Fight Back! | |
| Chapter 14 | Facts vs. Opinions | p. 166 |
| The Study That Shows It's Hard to Tell the Difference | ||
| Exercise: Fact or Opinion? | p. 174 | |
| Chapter 15 | I'm Biased, You're Biased, We're All Biased | p. 176 |
| La-La-La, I'm Not Listening-A Study | ||
| Cognitive Dissonance and the Aliens That Aren't Coming for Us | ||
| Why Negativity Bias Makes Us All Eeyore | ||
| The Author Makes a Confession About the Oscar Pistorius Trial and Confirmation Bias | ||
| How to Check Your Biases | ||
| Exercise: Identify Your Biases | p. 188 | |
| Chapter 16 | Understanding Bias in News Media | p. 189 |
| Unintentional Bias, aka When It's By Accident | ||
| Intentional Bias, aka When It's Definitely On Purpose | ||
| And How to Tell the Difference | ||
| Exercise: Can You Spot the Bias? | p. 196 | |
| Chapter 17 | How to Spot Fake News Articles | p. 202 |
| Titles That Make You Go Click, aka Clickbait | ||
| All the Red Flags | ||
| Why Trusted Sources Matter | ||
| Exercise: Real or Fake? | p. 216 | |
| Chapter 18 | 73% of People Say They Don't Understand Polling, and Other Fake Stats | p. 222 |
| Thomas Dewey Who? | ||
| The Part Where You Learn to Spot Fake Polls | ||
| Exercise: Polling Practice | p. 232 | |
| Chapter 19 | Your Eyes Are Lying: Spotting Fake Photos and Videos | p. 238 |
| The Time a Teen Activist Did Not Rip Up the Constitution | ||
| North Korea's Bad Photoshopping Skills | ||
| How to Spot Fake Photos | ||
| No, This Commercial Airline Didn't Do a 360° Roll | ||
| Fake Videos, aka Deep Fakes | ||
| Exercise: How Was It Photoshopped? | p. 247 | |
| Chapter 20 | Memes Aren't News and Other Social-Media Tips | p. 252 |
| The Man Who Jumped to a Lot of Conclusions About Some Buses | ||
| Social Media Tips | ||
| Political Memes That Fool Us | ||
| Exercise: To Trust or Not to Trust? | p. 267 | |
| Chapter 21 | Managing the Chaos of the Breaking-News Cycle | p. 274 |
| The Day a Mass Shooter Targeted a Concert | ||
| What Breaking News Is and Isn't | ||
| How to Not Panic | ||
| Exercise: Sorting Through Breaking News | p. 281 | |
| Chapter 22 | Conclusion | p. 288 |
| The Part Where It Takes All of Us | ||
| Acknowledgments | p. 292 | |
| Notes | p. 295 |
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