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Making Sense of the News: What Is News?
2 Feb 2017 … One of the most prevalent issues that makes news literacy such an important discipline to learn is the challenge presented by the overarching disintermediation of the media and news. Before the advent of the internet and smartphones, we had to Continue reading
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Making Sense of the News: The Power of Information
3 Mar 2017 … Both during his campaign and after his inauguration, President Trump has had a constant line of animosity toward the free flow of news and information. He derides outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and CNN, among Continue reading
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Our Last, Best Chance to Reinvent Local News
11 Nov 2016 … Most voting-age Americans list local news as a primary source for political information — an important statistic in a year when more than 125 million of us will vote in a presidential race where honesty is in short supply. Our Continue reading
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How Social Media is Replacing Traditional Journalism for Breaking News
4 Apr 2012 … As of 2012, online news revenue has surpassed print news revenue, and more people are using social media tools like Facebook and Twitter for news than ever before. This infographic shows that nearly half of all Americans get their news Continue reading
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A Savvy News Consumer’s Guide: How Not To Get Duped
12 Dec 2016 … There is nothing new about “fake news.” What is different today are the vast social media networks that allow all information — minor or major — to zip around the internet in nanoseconds without regard to truth or importance. All Continue reading
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Mistakes in the News Are Not Fake News
7 Jul 2017 … When they’re not frantically defending the Tweeter-in-Chief’s outbursts against Mika Brzezinski — the latest freak-out in his long-running misogynistic obsession with female blood — right-wing outlets have been jumping up and down about CNN as a "network in crisis,” a nonstop manufacturer of “FAKE NEWS” that’s been caught out. Continue reading
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Bad News for Democracy Is Great News for TV Profits
12 Dec 2015 … Television news has gone off its rocker and turned our politics into the equivalent of a freak show’s hall of mirrors. The networks have grasped Donald Trump to their collective bosom like the winner of one of those misogynistic, televised Continue reading
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Illusions of News
11 Nov 1989 … Bill Moyers investigates the power of visuals on news, politics and elections and explores how news organizations increasingly serve the interests of politicians, rather than the general public. Continue reading
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Making Sense of the News: Distinguishing News from Sponsored Content
2 Feb 2017 … It's not as easy as you think, and research shows that many of us have a hard time telling the difference. Continue reading
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The World of Cable News Is Trump’s Reality
8 Aug 2017 … Like Waylon Jennings, cable news has always been crazy. CNN, after all, was founded by Ted Turner. (Sample wisdom: “Castro’s not a communist. He’s like me — a dictator.”) MSNBC has gone through more permutations than the late artist formerly Continue reading