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Evaluating Media - Adults

We encounter a lot of information each day through the television, online news, social media, etc. These readings will help you evaluate the media and improve your critical thinking.

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23 items

  • Foolproof

    Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity

    Van der Linden, Sander
    BookNew York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2023. — 302.3 VanderLi 03/2023
  • How to Win the War on Truth

    An Illustrated Guide to How Mistruths Are Sold, Why They Stick, and How to Reclaim Reality

    Spitale, Samuel C.,
    Graphic NovelPhiladelphia : Quirk Books, [2022] — GRAPHIC 303.375 Spitale 10/2022
  • The Hype Machine

    How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health--and How We Must Adapt

    Aral, Sinan
    BookNew York : Currency, [2020] — 303.4833 Aral 09/2020
  • BookIndianapolis, IN : DK Publishing, 2022. — 001.98 Lytle 11/2022
  • Disinformation

    the Nature of Facts and Lies in the Post-truth Era

    Barclay, Donald A.,
    BookLanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2022] — 303.4833 Barclay 04/2022
  • Red, White & Blind

    the Truth About Disinformation and the Path to Media Consciousness

    Brasunas, Tony,
    BookAlameda, CA : Torchpost, [2023] — 071.3 Brasunas 08/2023
  • The Scout Mindset

    Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't

    Galef, Julia,
    Book[New York] : Portfolio / Penguin, [2021] — 153.4 Galef 04/2021
  • Good Thinking

    Why Flawed Logic Puts Us All at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World

    Grimes, David Robert, 1985-
    BookNew York : The Experiment, 2021. — 153.42 Grimes 04/2021
  • Truth

    a Brief History of Total Bull***t

    Phillips, Tom (Journalist)
    Book[New York, NY] : Hanover Square Press, [2020] — 177.3 Phillips 06/2020
  • United States of Distraction

    Media Manipulation in Post-truth America (and What We Can Do About It)

    Higdon, Nolan, 1983-
    BookSan Francisco : City Lights Books, 2019. — 302.2309 Higdon 08/2019
  • Factfulness

    Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

    Rosling, Hans
    BookNew York : Flatiron Books, 2018. — 302.12 Rosling 03/2018
  • Truth

    How the Many Sides to Every Story Shape Our Reality

    Macdonald, Hector
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018. — 121 MacDonal 03/2018
  • Think Before You Like

    Social Media's Effect on the Brain and the Tools You Need to Navigate Your Newsfeed

    Harrison, Guy P.
    BookAmherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2017. — 302.30285 Harrison 11/2017
  • Weaponized Lies

    How to Think Critically in the Post-truth Era

    Levitin, Daniel J.
    BookNew York, New York : Dutton, [2016] — 153.42 Levitin
  • The Truth Matters

    a Citizen's Guide to Separating Facts From Lies and Stopping Fake News in Its Tracks

    Bartlett, Bruce R., 1951-
    BookCalifornia : Ten Speed Press, [2017] — 070.9051 Bartlett 10/2017
  • Bunk

    the Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-facts, and Fake News

    Young, Kevin, 1970-
    BookMinneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2017] — 001.95 Young 11/2017
  • BookNew Haven : Yale University Press, [2019] — 155.74 O'Connor 01/2019
  • Bullspotting

    Finding Facts in the Age of Misinformation

    Collins, Loren, 1978-
    BookAmherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2012. — 001.9 Collins 11/2012