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" The thinker's guide for conscientious citizens on how to detect media bias & propaganda in national and world news / "
by Richard Paul and Linda Elder.
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BL
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697845
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b520034
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Paul, Richard.
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The thinker's guide for conscientious citizens on how to detect media bias propaganda in national and world news /\ by Richard Paul and Linda Elder.
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4th ed.
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Dillon Beach, CA :: Foundation for Critical Thinking,, c2008.
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Thinker's guide series
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48 p. :: ill. ;; 21 cm.
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0944583202
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: 9780944583203
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"Based on critical thinking concepts & tools"--Cover.
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Cover title.
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| Contents
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Democracy and the news media -- Myths that obscure the logic of the news media -- Bias and objectivity in the news media -- Forms of objectivity -- Perception of bias in the mainstream -- Propaganda and news story writing -- Protecting the home audience from guilt feelings -- Fostering sociocentric thinking -- Slanting stories to favor privileged view -- How to obtain useful information from propaganda and standard news stories -- Steps in becoming a critical consumer of the "news" -- Media awareness of media bias -- Sensitivity to advertisers -- Sensitivity to government -- Sensitivity to powerful interests -- Sensitivity to their competitors -- Bias toward "Novelty" and "Sensationalism" -- Critical consumers of the news -- Is it possible for the news media to reform? -- Is the emergence of a "critical society" possible? -- Dominant and dissenting views: finding alternative sources of information -- Becoming an independent thinker -- Buried, ignored, or underreported stories -- Summary -- Using the internet -- Additional alternative news sources -- Conclusion -- Abbreviated glossary -- Thinker's guide library.
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Journalism-- Objectivity.
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Journalistic ethics.
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Mass media-- Objectivity.
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PN4784.O24P38 2008
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Elder, Linda,1962-
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How to detect media bias and propaganda in national and world news
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