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Skewed: A Critical Thinker´s Guide to Media Bias
Larry Atkins
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Description for Skewed: A Critical Thinker´s Guide to Media Bias
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 35. Weight in Grams: 588.
In a media landscape dominated by advocacy news networks pushing competing points of view, how can the average person uncover the truth about any particular issue? This book will show you how to separate the facts from the agenda-driven spin and selective presentation often used by such news sources as Fox and MSNBC. The author describes the goals of advocacy journalism-i.e., journalism that transparently advocates a biased worldview-and shows that it has been a part of our history since the 1700s. He assesses the role of talk radio, cable news networks, and the more recent phenomena of special-interest blogs, ... Read more
In a media landscape dominated by advocacy news networks pushing competing points of view, how can the average person uncover the truth about any particular issue? This book will show you how to separate the facts from the agenda-driven spin and selective presentation often used by such news sources as Fox and MSNBC. The author describes the goals of advocacy journalism-i.e., journalism that transparently advocates a biased worldview-and shows that it has been a part of our history since the 1700s. He assesses the role of talk radio, cable news networks, and the more recent phenomena of special-interest blogs, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781633881655
SKU
V9781633881655
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About Larry Atkins
Larry Atkins is a journalist, a lawyer, and a university journalism professor. He is an adjunct professor of journalism at Temple University, Arcadia University, and Montgomery County Community College. He has written more than four hundred articles, op-eds, and essays for many publications, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Baltimore Sun, the Chicago Tribune, the Christian Science Monitor, the Plain Dealer ... Read more
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