{"product_id":"trusting-the-news-in-a-digital-age-isbn-9781119714293","title":"Trusting the News in a Digital Age","description":"\u003cb\u003eTRUSTING THE NEWS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003ein a Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow to use critical thinking to discern real news from fake news\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrusting the News in a Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e provides an ethical framework and the much-needed tools for assessing information produced in our digital age. With the tsunami of information on social media and other venues, many have come to distrust all forms of communication, including the news. This practical text offers guidance on how to use critical thinking, appropriate skepticism, and journalistic curiosity to handle this flow of undifferentiated information.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesigned to encourage critical thinking, each chapter introduces specific content, followed at the end of each section with an ethical dilemma. The ideas presented are based on the author’s experiences as a teacher and public editor\/ombudsman at NPR News. \u003ci\u003eTrusting the News in a Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e prepares readers to deal with changes to news and information in the digital environment. It brings to light the fact that journalism is about treating the public as citizens first, and consumers of information second. This important text:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReveals how to use critical thinking to handle the never-ending flow of information\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContains ethical dilemmas to help sharpen critical thinking skills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplains how to verify sources and spot frauds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLooks at the economic and technological conditions that facilitated changes in communication\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for students of journalism and media studies, \u003ci\u003eTrusting the News in the Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e offers guidance on how to hone critical thinking skills needed to discern fact from fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Introduction to News Literacy 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Changing Definitions of News 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Why Should We Trust the News? Why Now? 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Verification = Trust 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Effect of Digital on Media Forms 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 When the Audience is Biased 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 When the News is Biased 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Economics of Journalism in a Digital Age 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Framing and Deconstructing the News 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 News Sources: Credible and Less Credible 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Trusting Journalism in a Time of \"Fake News\" 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdditional Resources 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeffrey Dvorkin\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Fellow at Massey College, University of Toronto. From 2011, he was lecturer and director of the journalism program at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. He began his career as a CBC journalist in Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto and became Managing Editor and Chief Journalist for CBC Radio in 1991. In 1997, he was named Vice-President, News and Information at NPR in Washington, DC where he subsequently became NPR’s first news ombudsman, handling ethical questions, complaints, and concerns from listeners. Dvorkin has been an advisor and examiner for the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow to use critical thinking to discern real news from fake news\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrusting the News in a Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e provides an ethical framework and the much-needed tools for assessing information produced in our digital age. With the tsunami of information on social media and other venues, many have come to distrust all forms of communication, including the news. This practical text offers guidance on how to use critical thinking, appropriate skepticism, and journalistic curiosity to handle this flow of undifferentiated information.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesigned to encourage critical thinking, each chapter introduces specific content, followed at the end of each section with an ethical dilemma. The ideas presented are based on the author’s experiences as a teacher and public editor\/ombudsman at NPR News. \u003ci\u003eTrusting the News in a Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e prepares readers to deal with changes to news and information in the digital environment. It brings to light the fact that journalism is about treating the public as citizens first, and consumers of information second. This important text:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReveals how to use critical thinking to handle the never-ending flow of information\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContains ethical dilemmas to help sharpen critical thinking skills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplains how to verify sources and spot frauds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLooks at the economic and technological conditions that facilitated changes in communication\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for students of journalism and media studies, \u003ci\u003eTrusting the News in the Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e offers guidance on how to hone critical thinking skills needed to discern fact from fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"“Trusting the News in a Digital Age” -- Anything with that title is to be supported!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Adam Clayton Powell III, Executive Director, Election Cybersecurity Initiative, USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Polity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"At last there’s a touchstone for genuine news reporting—written by a professional grounded in true journalism. Need to define what ‘fake news’ really is, and how to defeat it? Tell a reliable source from a corrupt one? Grasp the economics of digital news? It’s all in Jeffrey Dvorkin’s \u003ci\u003eTrusting the News in a Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e. It’s a one-volume course syllabus in 21st century news, but more, because no journalist, lawyer or communications specialist should be working a keyboard without this book within reach.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Arthur Kent, former war correspondent and author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"As an educator, I particularly appreciate the chapter “takeaways” and “ethical dilemmas”. This book is richly informative and insightful. Students will get a lot out of this book.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Dr. Karen McCrindle, head of the Department of French Linguistics and former program director of journalism at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990417260773,"sku":"NP9781119714293","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119714293.jpg?v=1761787743","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/trusting-the-news-in-a-digital-age-isbn-9781119714293","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}