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Critical media literacy and fake news in post-truth America /

This edited collection is not a response to the 2016 United States Presidential Election so much as it is a response to the issues highlighted through that single event and since when incredibly smart, sophisticated, and intelligent members of our society were confused by misinformation campaigns. W...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Goering, Christian Z. (Editor), Thomas, P. L. (Paul Lee), 1961- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill Sense, 2018.
Series:Critical media literacies series ; volume 2
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This edited collection is not a response to the 2016 United States Presidential Election so much as it is a response to the issues highlighted through that single event and since when incredibly smart, sophisticated, and intelligent members of our society were confused by misinformation campaigns. While media literacy and critical media literacy are ideas with long histories in formal education, including K-12 students and higher education, the need for increased attention to these issues has never reached a flash point like the present. The essays collected here are confrontations of post-truth, fake news, mainstream media, and traditional approaches to formal schooling. But there are no simple answers or quick fixes. Critical media literacy, we argue here, may well be the only thing between a free people and their freedom.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9004365362
9789004365360