What the Fact?
Finding the Truth in All the Noise
- Hardcover
368 pages
- Release Date
2 February 2022
Summary
From acclaimed writer, journalist, and physician Dr. Seema Yasmin comes a “savvy, accessible, and critical” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) book about the importance of media literacy, fact-based reporting, and the ability to discern truth from lies.
What is a fact? What are reliable sources? What is news? What is fake news? How can anyone make sense of it anymore? Well, we have to. As conspiracy theories and online hoaxes increasingly become a part of our national discourse a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781665900034 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1665900032 |
| Author: | Seema Yasmin |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 2 February 2022 |
| Weight: | 422g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm x 38mm |
| Audience Age: | 12 |
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Critics Review
“Educators will applaud a book that helps navigate an already overwhelming problem and curious teens will be rewarded with helpful tips for media consumption. It’s a book every library and classroom should have.” – -School Library Journal * 12/1/2022 *
“Laden with entertainingly presented tips and techniques, this informative overview will encourage further exploration and contemplation.
A savvy, accessible, and critical guide to media literacy.” – -Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW * 7/1/22 *
“Journalist Yasmin (If God Is a Virus, for adults) effectively explores contemporary media literacy’s barriers and how to overcome them in this eye-opening work told via contagion and vaccine metaphor.” – -Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW * 7/4/2022 *
About The Author
Seema Yasmin
Seema Yasmin is an Emmy Award–winning journalist who was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, medical doctor, professor, and poet. She attended medical school at Cambridge University and worked as a disease detective for the US federal government’s Epidemic Intelligence Service. She currently teaches storytelling at Stanford University School of Medicine, and is a regular contributor to CNN, Self, and Scientific American, among others.
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