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185 pages ; 24 cm.
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"International journalism needs a new paradigm, and this is the moment to forge one. In the wake of the pandemic and ongoing racial and environmental justice movements, news consumers are demanding better stories. International coverage prioritizes disasters and victim-centered narratives, ignores huge chunks of the world, and relies on outdated stereotypes. This kind of news reinforces the distrust people feel for the news. The solution, as Cristi...
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"A young Black woman contends with New York media culture."--Kirkusreviews.com.
Mickey Hayward dreams of writing stories that matter. She has a flashy media job that makes her feel successful and a devoted girlfriend who takes care of her when she comes home exhausted and demoralized. It's not all A-list parties and steamy romance, but Mickey's on her way, and it's far from the messy life she left behind in Maryland. Despite being overlooked and...
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xxiv, 403 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"Dr. Michael Rich, dubbed the 'Mediatrician' thanks to his acclaimed work as a pediatrician, child health researcher, and children's media specialist, offers a science-backed approach to give parents the confidence they need to raise a child well (and to raise a well child) in the digital age." -- Publisher annotation.
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xii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Joan Acocella was "one of our finest cultural critics" (Edward Hirsch), and she had the rare ability to examine literature and unearth the lives contained within it-its authors, its subjects, and the communities from which it springs. In her hands, arts criticism was a celebration and an investigation, and her essays pulse with unadulterated enthusiasm. As Kathryn Harrison wrote in The New York Times Book Review, "Hers is a vision that allows art...
5) The Einstein effect: how the world's favorite genius got into our cars, our bathrooms, and our minds
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"Albert Einstein's face is still one of the most recognizable in the world and he's widely considered to be the first modern-day celebrity. While many of his discoveries continue to define our daily lives, it's not just his genius that continues to shape our world. Today, more people know Einstein as an icon rather than a theorist-decades after his death, he's a celebrity with a massive online following. The Einstein Effect shows all the ways his...
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293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"Renowned journalist Elizabeth Flock investigates what few dare to confront, or even imagine: the role and necessity of female-led violence in response to systems built against women. In The Furies, Elizabeth Flock examines how three real-life women have used violence to fight back, and how views of women who defend their lives are often distorted by their depictions in media and pop culture. These three immersive narratives follow Brittany Smith,...
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x, 229 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Walt Hickey explores exactly how this thing we blithely call "entertainment" has such a tremendous effect on us. Through compelling reporting and research and the creation of dozens and dozens of colorful data visuals, Hickey shows how something like a movie or TV show not only has a direct physical effect on the viewer -- how the chemistry of our breath changes with a movie's ups and downs, or a scary scene can be literally...
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"For over a decade, Taylor Lorenz has been the authority on internet culture, documenting its far-reaching effects on all corners of our lives. Her reporting is serious yet entertaining and illuminates deep truths about ourselves and the lives we create online. In her debut book, Extremely Online, she reveals how online influence came to upend the world, demolishing traditional barriers and creating whole new sectors of the economy. Lorenz shows this...
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vii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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"We are commonly deceived by numbers in our everyday lives. From lotteries, product warranties, and weight loss fads to misleading headlines and social media posts, there is no shortage of confusing or misleading information. Numbers are used to manipulate our decisions and impact our lives in ways that may not be immediately apparent. Data Duped: How to Avoid Being Hoodwinked by Misinformation will help you avoid being fooled by these messages and...
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487 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"A captivating chronicle of the pivotal decade in American sports, when the games invaded prime time, and sports moved from the margins to the mainstream of American culture. Every decade brings change, but as Michael MacCambridge chronicles in THE BIG TIME, no decade in American sports history featured such convulsive cultural shifts as the 1970s. So many things happened during the decade -- the move of sports into prime-time television, the beginning...
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3 videodiscs (545 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Ambushed by his rebellious son Kendall at the end of Season two, Logan Roy begins Season Three in a perilous position, scrambling to secure familial, political, and financial alliances. Tensions rise as a bitter corporate battle threatens to turn into a family civil war.
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254 pages ; 24 cm.
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"A groundbreaking study of the journalism startups that are challenging status quos across the country, from an activist video feed in Minneapolis to a watchdog news site in Memphis. A must-read for activists, entrepreneurs, and journalists who want to start local news outlets in their communities"--
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3 videodiscs (651 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson looms ever closer, provoking existential angst and division among the Roys in the fourth and final season of Jesse Armstrong's Emmy-winning drama series. As the siblings anticipate the prospect of this seismic merger, the ensuing power struggle finds them grappling with what their lives will look like after the deal and weighing a future where their cultural and political...
14) Snowglobe
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Snowglobe duology volume 1
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372 pages ; 22 cm.
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"Given the opportunity to enter Snowglobe, the last place on Earth that's warm, where its residents, in exchange for fame, fortune and safety, broadcast their lives 24/7 to the less fortunate outside, Chobahm discovers reality is a lie--and the truth is out of reach"--
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xiv, 480 pages ; 22 cm
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"When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to make his friends laugh, he thought of it as "edgy" humor. Over time, the edge got sharper. Then a few other kids found out about the account. Pretty soon, everyone knew. Ultimately no one in the small town of Albany, California, was safe from the repercussions of the account's discovery. Not the girls targeted by the posts. Not the boy who created...
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