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Fake news, propaganda, and plain old lies : how to find trustworthy information in the digital age, Donald A. Barclay
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- Summary
- "Will show you how to identify deceptive information as well as how to seek out the most trustworthy information in order to inform decision making in your personal, academic, professional, and civic lives. Learn how to identify the alarm bells that signal untrustworthy information, understand how to tell when statistics can be trusted and when they are being used to deceive, inoculate yourself against the logical fallacies that can mislead even the brightest among us"--Page [4] of cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xv, 228 pages
- Contents
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- Preface
- Credible information: why it matters, what are its limitations
- Fake news as phenomenon: (almost) nothing new under the sun
- Tricks of the trade: techniques that lower your information guard
- Logical fallacies: more tools of deception
- Evaluating an information source: nine essential questions everyone should ask
- Power in numbers: negotiating the statistics minefield
- Scholarly information: identifying, evaluating, and understanding it
- Help is where you find it: resources for evaluating information
- Final thoughts
- Isbn
- 9781538108895
- Label
- Fake news, propaganda, and plain old lies : how to find trustworthy information in the digital age
- Title
- Fake news, propaganda, and plain old lies
- Title remainder
- how to find trustworthy information in the digital age
- Statement of responsibility
- Donald A. Barclay
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Will show you how to identify deceptive information as well as how to seek out the most trustworthy information in order to inform decision making in your personal, academic, professional, and civic lives. Learn how to identify the alarm bells that signal untrustworthy information, understand how to tell when statistics can be trusted and when they are being used to deceive, inoculate yourself against the logical fallacies that can mislead even the brightest among us"--Page [4] of cover
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Barclay, Donald A
- Dewey number
- 070.4/3
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN4784.F27
- LC item number
- B37 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Fake news
- Journalism
- Online journalism
- Information literacy
- Label
- Fake news, propaganda, and plain old lies : how to find trustworthy information in the digital age, Donald A. Barclay
- Bar code
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- 31223125628496
- 31223125628488
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- Credible information: why it matters, what are its limitations -- Fake news as phenomenon: (almost) nothing new under the sun -- Tricks of the trade: techniques that lower your information guard -- Logical fallacies: more tools of deception -- Evaluating an information source: nine essential questions everyone should ask -- Power in numbers: negotiating the statistics minefield -- Scholarly information: identifying, evaluating, and understanding it -- Help is where you find it: resources for evaluating information -- Final thoughts
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xv, 228 pages
- Isbn
- 9781538108895
- Lccn
- 2017051583
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1008875812
- Label
- Fake news, propaganda, and plain old lies : how to find trustworthy information in the digital age, Donald A. Barclay
- Bar code
-
- 31223125628496
- 31223125628488
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- Credible information: why it matters, what are its limitations -- Fake news as phenomenon: (almost) nothing new under the sun -- Tricks of the trade: techniques that lower your information guard -- Logical fallacies: more tools of deception -- Evaluating an information source: nine essential questions everyone should ask -- Power in numbers: negotiating the statistics minefield -- Scholarly information: identifying, evaluating, and understanding it -- Help is where you find it: resources for evaluating information -- Final thoughts
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xv, 228 pages
- Isbn
- 9781538108895
- Lccn
- 2017051583
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1008875812
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