Navigating the news [electronic resource] : a political media user's guide

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자료유형	단행본
서명/저자사항	Navigating the news [electronic resource]: a political media user's guide / Michael Baranowski.
개인저자	Baranowski, Michael.
발행사항	Santa Barbara, California: Praeger, [2013].
형태사항	1 online resource (173 pages) : illustrations.
기타형태 저록	Print version: Baranowski, Michael. Navigating the news 9781440803215
ISBN	9781440803222 (electronic bk.) 1440803226 (electronic bk.)
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-165) and index.
내용주기	Introduction to the news -- Types of media -- The medium matters -- Bias -- Irrationality -- Arguments -- Misleading numbers -- "Survey says ..." : problems with polls -- What's in your cognitive toolkit? -- Navigating the news -- Political media resources.
요약	This is the book for anyone who aspires to the title "informed citizen." It clearly explains how political news works, how the media influences readers, and how to sort through it all to be a better, smarter consumer of political news. In a perfect world, political news would be objective and fact-based. Instead, it is biased and unreliable. This book was written to help readers master the media. It exposes the bias, irrationality, bad arguments, and misleading numbers that abound in political media. It shows readers how to take advantage of available news sources, and it guides them in developing the skills needed to sort through the flood of hype and misinformation. Specifically, the book examines types of political media and why it matters whether one gets political news from television, radio, newspapers, or the Internet, including social media. It discusses the latest developments in political behavior, economics, media studies, and neuroscience to explain why the political media does what it does to systematically distort consumers' view of politics, and it looks at ways consumers tend to be irrational in choosing and interpreting news. Finally, it offers concrete suggestions that will enable readers to become more critical of what they read, see, and hear. Features include: Shows readers how to spot bad political arguments, as well as why they should be skeptical of the""hard data" behind many of those arguments ; Shares clear, accessible explanations of the ever-present biases that affect our view of political news ; Offers a multitude of clear examples taken from current politics on ways in which media distorts political information and messages ; Provides a compelling look at social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter as sources of political information, how we perceive information from these venues, and how they affect our understanding of American political dialogue. --
해제	Provided by publisher.
주제명(지명)	United States --Politics and government. United States. --fast
일반주제명	Mass media --Political aspects --United States. Press and politics --United States. Communication in politics --United States. Communication in politics --United States --Public opinion. Mass media --Political aspects --United States --Public opinion. SOCIAL SCIENCE --Media Studies. POLITICAL SCIENCE --Political Ideologies --General. Communication in politics. Communication in politics --Public opinion. Mass media --Political aspects. Mass media --Political aspects --Public opinion. Political science. Press and politics. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism.
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