Breaking the News: What's Real, What's Not, and Why the Difference Matters (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781426338885)

In this timely and relevant title, National Geographic Kids shines a light on the history of news to reveal where we started, how far we've come, and the serious impact that misinterpretation and misinformation can have on the world.

Headlines leap out at us from mobile phones, TV screens, computers, newspapers, and everywhere we turn. Technology has opened up exciting new ways to tell interesting stories, but how much of it is news ... and how much is just noise? This refreshing and up-to-date media literacy book gives kids the tools they need to distinguish what is fact from what is fiction so that they can make smart choices about what to believe.

Topics cover a broad range, from defining freedom of speech, the journalists' code of ethics, the dangers of propaganda, and the future of news.

Packed with profiles of influential journalists, fun facts, and iconic photographs, this ultimate guide to the information age will get kids thinking about their relationship and responsibility to media.

Author: Robin Terry Brown
ISBN-10: 1426338880
ISBN-13: 9781426338885
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
Language: English
Published: 10/13/2020
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.05lbs
Size: 11.00h x 9.30w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2020
School Library Journal 11/01/2020 pg. 86