Detecting Deception

• Utgivningsdatum: 2020-08-19
• Mått: 161 x 229 x 17 mm
• Vikt: 431 g
• Format: Inbunden
• Språk: Engelska
• Antal sidor: 160
• Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• ISBN: 9781538141021

• Media och underhållning
• Skrivande och redigering
• Medievetenskap

Amanda Sturgill is an associate professor of journalism at Elon University, where she teaches classes in writing, copy editing, media analytics and digital strategy to undergraduate and graduate students. A self-described critical thinking maven, her students leave the university with a strong appreciation for the vital role of accurate and honest communication in free societies. Amanda was trained in the doctoral program at Cornell University and has gone on to publish communication technology and media and religion work in a variety of outlets. She was an editor on the two-volume Religion Online: How Digital Technology Is Changing the Way We Worship and Pray and an associate editor for The Golden Age of Data: Media Analytics in Study and Practice. She has a special interest in the scholarship of teaching and learning and, in particular, the integration of high-impact teaching practice in professional fields like journalism. She has run an international pedagogy research seminar, co-edited Mind the Gap: Global Learning at Home and Abroad and is an active member and presenter with the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. She presently chairs the Standing Committee on Teaching and sits on the board of directors of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

This practical guide was designed to help train potential journalists "to spot problematic reasoning so it can be questioned or corrected." Dividing her text into three parts, Sturgill employs contemporary news stories throughout to illustrate how facts can be presented in misleading ways. Each chapter ends with a "Your Turn" section, presenting reflective questions that challenge readers to practice the skill introduced in the chapter at hand. An appendix that includes possible answers to the questions makes this a resource that can be independently consulted by individuals seeking self-study.... More practical and pedagogical than similar works…this volume will serve as an affordable and accessible handbook for undergraduate students studying journalism, or any reader interested in improving their news evaluation skills. Recommended.

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