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What the Fact?

Seema Yasmin

This nonfiction discussion examines facts, truth, and how information is shared. It asks readers to consider how human behavior and big business can manipulate content and ideas. Using historical examples, visual sidebars, and highlighted vocabulary, it covers contagious information, bias and beliefs, journalism’s development, social media, debunking, and disagreement. It also explains the inverted-pyramid structure of news reporting and connects the history of headlines with contemporary hashtags and character limits.

This book appears on 3 reading lists across 1 edition from 3 organizations.

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Themes
History · Language And Communication · Problem Solving · Technology And Engineering
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Published
September 20, 2022
ISBN-13
9781665900041
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
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