Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-210) and index.
Contents:
A brief history of media and media manipulation -- The psychology of memory and learning -- The Internet, technology and the media -- Selecting sources of information -- Expertise, authority and credibility -- Language in media messages -- Algorithms, bots, trolls, cyborgs and artificial intelligence -- Statistics and data visualization -- Images, reverse image searching and deepfakes -- Media manipulation and fact checking -- The ethics of likes, clicks, shares and data harvesting -- How we can help ourselves.
Summary:
This book offers a toolkit for navigating the fraught information landscape. From the history of media manipulation to practical applications of media literacy, this book provides a thorough grounding in teaching students to defend themselves from mis- and dis-information.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.