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American girls collection American girls collection (Recorded Books) Developing digital and media literacy skills Integrating media into the classroom Media power Road to Ant-Man and the Wasp Sexual and racial stereotypes in the media The people and the power game Theo Tan 2 Understanding disability (Cherry Lake Publishing)Dufresne, Emilie
Summary: Students today live in a media-rich world of breaking news headlines and social media posts. With the vital information in this book, students will learn how to navigate the many facets of this evolving media so they can stay informed while also objective. Complete with captivating diagrams and photographs, this resource will help students understand how the news and media have evolved, how to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Alaimo, Kara
Summary: "In Over the Influence, communication professor and CNN Opinion contributor Kara Alaimo reveals how social media is affecting every aspect of the lives of women and girls--from our relationships and our parenting to our physical and mental well-being. Over the Influence is a book about what it means to live in the world social media has wrought--whether you're constantly connected or have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alcove Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 302.23 ALASummary: How are children affected by television? Do they tend to mimic televised violence? This video studies the connection between kids and the media in today's society, and the need to make TV a positive force in child development.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Evans, Nicole (Nicole Lynn)
Summary: "This series explores disability in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way. This book explores disability in the media and how people with disabilities are represented. Engaging inquiry-based sidebars encourage students to LOOK, THINK, MAKE A GUESS, ASK QUESTIONS, and CREATE. Books are authored by writers with disabilities and the series has been developed in partnership with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Disabilities EvansSummary: As globalization of trade rapidly expands, the mainstream media is being accused of inadequately reporting the issues. This program canvasses some of the dissent by exploring conflicts of interest within the media and showing how technology, such as the camcorder and the Internet, is challenging the monopoly of big news broadcasters. Differences between mainstream and "indie" media are...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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McDonald, Megan.
Summary: After her parents divorce, fun-loving San Francisco girl Julie moves away from her best friend Ivy to start over again in a new house and school. But before long, she learns to create a few changes of her own--from saving endangered eagles to celebrating the U.S. Bicentennial.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD MCDRoland, James
Summary: "It can be hard to know what to believe, especially when what looks or sounds like a legitimate news story is tainted with bias and opinion or is riddled with flat-out lies and disinformation. Media bias and disinformation are two different things, but they often share the same purpose: to manipulate how members of the public think and act rather than allow people to make up their own minds...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.23 ROLSummary: To be able to integrate as many of the multiple intelligences as possible into a single codified approach is extremely powerful and beneficial, says media theoretician Lou Fournier Marzeles. In this video, he and other recognized experts review the history of educational media and then clearly state the case for media as a powerful-and highly effective-classroom tool. "By using a lot of images...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Sutanto, Jesse Q.
Summary: After learning that his brother's spirit is trapped in Diyu, twelve-year-old Theo and his snarky fox spirit, Kai, encounter demons, Kings of Hell, and Princess Iron Fan as they try to reach Jamie's spirit before it faces judgement on the solstice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SUTSummary: Tabloid journalism. Kinky TV talk shows. "Gangsta" rap music. Sexually explicit and violent movies. The media have established new outposts in the frontiers of taste that were thought impossible 30 years ago, and all in the name of First Amendment rights and giving the public what it wants. But with these rights come responsibilities that are seldom respected. What leverage can society use...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Welcome to the multimedia learning environment! In this video, middle school, high school, and college media specialists and instructors invite viewers into the classroom to see for themselves how colleagues are tapping into the power of media to improve teaching and enhance learning. Drawing on their direct experience, they offer practical advice, tips, and examples to show how to use media to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In an environment increasingly dominated by network ratings and tabloid-driven stories, the line between journalism and entertainment is blurred. In this program, correspondent Hedrick Smith goes behind the hype and the headlines to show how the media affect the national agenda and the standards of political debate. Network personalities Peter Jennings, Dan Rather, Brit Hume, and Eric Engberg;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Mooney, Carla
Summary: "Although they started as a place to socialize online, social media platforms have increasingly become a place where people get their news worldwide. According to a 2022 Pew Research Center study, approximately 70 percent of Americans get at least some news from social media platforms. Concerns have risen as more people turn to social media to get news. While some information on social media...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.23 MOOSummary: Categorizing others is a part of human nature, and even as infants we divide the world into two groups-male and female-to help organize our reality. But when these stereotypes are used to make assumptions about a person's character and value, they become gender bias or outright sexism. This program illustrates some of the commercial, cultural, psychological, and sociological forces that have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Although demeaning and offensive racial stereotypes were pervasive in popular media of every kind during the 20th century, most observers would agree that the media is much more sensitive to representations of race today. But the pernicious effects of that stereotyping live on in the new racism arising from disparities in the treatment of stories involving whites and people of color in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This program emphasizes the seductive nature of films and television. The pervasiveness and sheer volume of electronic images in daily life make it extremely difficult for viewers to discern fact from fiction, as with Oliver Stone's controversial JFK. The manufactured reality of films and TV also plays a role in popularizing certain behaviors-some of which are unhealthy or antisocial, like...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Behling, Steve
Summary: "In the aftermath of the Avengers' Civil War, Scott Lang, the incredible Ant-Man, is grappling with the consequences of his choices -- as a Super Hero, a father, and a friend. While he struggles to rebalance his life (and get used to living under house arrest), Hope Van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym have been forced into hiding, and Hope has taken up her own Super Hero mantle: the Wasp. With Hope and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Higgs, Liz Curtis.
Summary: "Ten of the Bible's best-known femmes fatales parade across the pages of Bad Girls of the Bible with situations that sound oh-so-familiar. Eve had food issues. Potiphar's Wife and Delilah had man trouble. Lot's Wife and Michal couldn't let go of the past, Sapphira couldn't let go of money, and Jezebel couldn't let go of anything. Yet the Woman at the Well had her thirst quenched at last, while...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Waterbrook Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Christ HiggsMichaud-Skog, Summer
Summary: "In the tradition of Workman's Every Body Yoga, we're bringing a proud, plus-sized, body-positive attitude to the world of hiking and outdoor recreation. Summer Michaud-Skog, founder of the Fat Girls Hiking community, offers a book brimming with heartfeltstories, practical advice, personal profiles of FGH community members, and trail reviews. It all serves to spread the Fat Girls Hiking message...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In this program, media experts John Nichols and Robert McChesney join Bill Moyers to examine America's corporate media machine and the dire implications of closed-door deregulatory decisions. Nichols, Washington correspondent for The Nation, and McChesney, author of Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times, discuss, among other topics, the pernicious influence of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Shaw, Janet.
Summary: "Taking place in 1854, Kirsten's stories follow the young Swedish immigrant and her family as they attempt to start a new life on a farm in frontier Minnesota. This collection includes: Meet Kirsten, Kirsten Learns a Lesson, Kirsten's Surprise, Happy Birthday, Kirsten!, Kirsten Saves the Day, and Changes for Kirsten."--Container.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD SHASummary: The Center for Media and Public Affairs reports that during the 1990s the homicide rate in the U.S. dropped 50 percent, yet homicide news coverage increased by an incredible 700 percent. In this program, the Center's Bob Lichter and the Threat Assessment Group's Greg McCrary join ABC News anchor John Stossel to examine some of the factors that contribute to the exaggeration of risks and dangers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Covers the Associated Press rules of grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, abbreviation, and word usage, as well as social-media guidelines and information on media law, libel, and copyright infringement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This program goes behind the scenes at Al Jazeera, "the CNN of Arabia. Dedicated to freedom of speech, Al Jazeera has earned the admiration of the West and the ire of the Arab nations-with the exception of Qatar, where the independent news agency is based. Interviews, clips of the highly controversial and extremely popular debate show The Opposite Direction, and reportage covering the first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005