Jermyn, Leslie
Summary: "A book for middle and high school students about the history and culture of Paraguay."--Provided by publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 929.2 JERHarris, Duchess
Summary: "The 2016 US presidential election introduced a new term to the media lexicon. The Fake News Phenomenon examines the spread of bogus news sources, the reasons they exist, and the difference between media bias and "fake news." Readers are also provided with tips for how to discern the credibility of a news source. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 070 HARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J071.309 HARSummary: Inhabiting a shrinking pocket of rainforest in Paraguay's Eastern Canindeyu Region, the Ache are one of South America's last hunter-gatherer societies-and in imminent danger of cultural extinction. This program presents an intimate portrait of the Ache in their natural habitat, focusing on the Gatu tribal group. Sequences filmed during extensive stays with the tribe reveal their customs and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Where do you get your news today? In What's Happening to the News, Frontline examines the mounting pressure for profits faced by America's network news divisions and daily newspapers as well as growing challenges from cable television and the Internet. As correspondent Lowell Bergman talks to network executives, newspaper editors and publishers, bloggers, Wall Street analysts, and key players...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Hall, Donald
Summary: This original paperback brings together for the first time all of Donald Hall’s writing on Eagle Pond Farm, his ancestral home in New Hampshire, where he visited his grandparents as a young boy and then lived with his wife, the poet Jane Kenyon, until her death. It includes the entire, previously published Seasons at Eagle Pond and Here at Eagle Pond; the poem “Daylilies on the Hill” from The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 811.54 HALKeillor, Garrison.
Contents: Me and choir (29:17) -- A day in the life of Clarence Bunsen (13:48) -- Letter from Jim (11:52) -- Fiction (3:58).
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Highbridge/Minnesota Public Radio 1983
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN KEIHaigh, Jennifer
Summary: A series of interconnected stories portrays the close-knit coal mining town of Bakerton, Pennsylvania, exploring themes of regret, redemption, and acceptance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction HaighBrown, Robin Terry
Summary: "A look at culture's relationship with journalism, and an effort to teach kids what is "real" versus "fake" news"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 070.9 BROSummary: When an 11-year-old Paraguayan boy named Silvino Talavera died from pesticide poisoning in 2003, his name became a rallying cry in the fight against intensive soya production. This program recounts the tragedy and the legal, political, and economic impact of "agritoxins" in Latin America. Opening with a poetically filmed reenactment and moving on to feature key players in the story, the film...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Keillor, Garrison.
Summary: Storyteller Garrison Keillor relates humorous anecdotes appropriate to summer.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Highbridge Co. 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN KEIDufresne, 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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Contents: Guys on ice -- James Lundeen's Christmas -- The Christmas story re-told -- New Year's from New York -- Storm home.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Highbridge/Minnesota Public Radio 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN KEIThiel, Kristin
Summary: With the creation of the Cable News Network (CNN) in 1980, television news changed forever. Today, television news shapes viewers' opinions, politics, and journalism as a whole. Filled with attention-grabbing photographs, political cartoons, and in-depth sidebars, this book introduces readers to the story of what came before in-the-moment reporting, how the twenty-four-hour news cycle came...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.1 THIHarris, Duchess
Summary: "Media consumers rely on objectivity from their news sources, but that's not always a realistic expectation. Uncovering Bias in the News looks at the ways in which multiple media outlets can cover the same story in vastly different ways, the reasons for these differences, and how to recognize bias in a news report."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J071.3 HARHarris, Duchess
Summary: "The news media and its role in society are topics of conversation and debate in today's world. News Literacy looks inside newsrooms, exploring key moments in the history of journalism and explaining how today's journalists work. Examine how news is presented, and learn how advertising, online algorithms, and other modern trends affect the way we experience news. Investigate the phenomenon of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J301.16 HARSummary: In 1911, the first newsreels flickered in America's nickelodeons. In the mid-1960s, they vanished from movie theaters as nightly television newscasts came to dominate visual journalism. In between, newsreels grew into a unique 20th-century institution that informed and entertained whole generations. In this program, Bill Moyers conducts a tour of the cultural and political landscape so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Bartlett, Bruce R.
Summary: A lucid, practical, and concise guide for citizens who want to cut through the lies in this era of "fake news" and "alternative facts." As recent national events have proven, the floodgates have opened and the political terrain is shifting rapidly with the dangerous concept of "alternative facts" supplanting actual facts at the highest levels of our government and in new media sources that are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070 BARKeillor, Garrison.
Contents: Giant decoys (6:08) -- Darryl Tollerrud's long day (9:35) -- Hog slaughter (13:42) -- Thanksgiving (10:28) -- The royal family (20:15).
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Highbridge/Minnesota Public Radio 1983
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN KEISummary: Is Western media coverage of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict hindering the peace process? This hard-hitting program says yes, arguing that news reports focusing on violence without sufficiently addressing the causes promote bias and polarize public opinion. Examples of TV news stories that could provide a more accurate reflection of what is taking place in Israel and the West Bank-and, by...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Voices From The Lake.
Contents: Iyo -- Vega -- Manuvex -- Circe -- S.T. (VFTL Rework) -- Meikyu -- In Giova -- Twins In Virgo -- Twins In Virgo (Reprise10) -- Mika -- HGS.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Prologue Music 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC VOISummary: When news director Keith Connors goes home to Ashtabula, Ohio, for Christmas, he is struck by the contrast with booming Charlotte and realizes why he left to cover news in other people's communities. His former reporter, Bea Thompson, made the opposite bargain, forsaking opportunities elsewhere to serve the city in which she grew up. After Connors orchestrates his news team's coverage of the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Berkowitz, Eric
Summary: "A fascinating examination of how restricting speech has continuously shaped our culture, and how censorship is used as a tool to prop up authorities and maintain class and gender disparities"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.31 BERMooney, 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: The footage has been shot and the clock is ticking. How does a television news reporter put together an interesting and informative story in today's hurry-up media marketplace? This program discusses the steps involved in preparing reports for the TV news: logging tapes; structuring the story; editing, including the techniques and relative benefits of linear and nonlinear editing; writing...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005