Fake Fact And Fantasy

Author : Maire Messenger Davies
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136687136

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Fake, Fact, and Fantasy by Maire Messenger Davies Pdf

Based on a study examining the meaning of the term "media literacy" in children, this volume concentrates on audiovisual narratives of television and film and their effects. It closely examines children's concepts of real and unreal and how they learn to make distinctions between the two. It also explores the idea that children are protected from the harmful effects of violence on television by the knowledge that what they see is not real. This volume is unique in its use of children's own words to explore their awareness of the submerged conventions of television genres, of their functions and effects, of their relationship to the real world, and of how this awareness varies with age and other factors. Based on detailed questionnaire data and conversations with 6 to 11-year-old children, carried out with the support of a fellowship at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, the book eloquently demonstrates how children use their knowledge of real life, of literature, and of art, in intelligently evaluating the relationship between television's formats, and the real world in which they live.

Author : Máire Messenger Davies
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0805820469

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Fake, Fact, and Fantasy by Máire Messenger Davies Pdf

Based on a study examining the meaning of the term "media literacy" in children, this volume concentrates on audiovisual narratives of television and film and their effects. It closely examines children's concepts of real and unreal and how they learn to make distinctions between the two. It also explores the idea that children are protected from the harmful effects of violence on television by the knowledge that what they see is not real. This volume is unique in its use of children's own words to explore their awareness of the submerged conventions of television genres, of their functions and effects, of their relationship to the real world, and of how this awareness varies with age and other factors. Based on detailed questionnaire data and conversations with 6 to 11-year-old children, carried out with the support of a fellowship at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, the book eloquently demonstrates how children use their knowledge of real life, of literature, and of art, in intelligently evaluating the relationship between television's formats, and the real world in which they live.

Author : Courtney Schafer
Publisher : Start Publishing LLC
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781597803526

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The Whitefire Crossing by Courtney Schafer Pdf

Dev is a smuggler with the perfect cover. He's in high demand as a guide for the caravans that carry legitimate goods from the city of Ninavel into the country of Alathia. The route through the Whitefire Mountains is treacherous, and Dev is one of the few climbers who knows how to cross them safely. With his skill and connections, it's easy enough to slip contraband charms from Ninavel - where any magic is fair game, no matter how dark - into Alathia, where most magic is outlawed. But smuggling a few charms is one thing; smuggling a person through the warded Alathian border is near suicidal. Having made a promise to a dying friend, Dev is forced to take on a singularly dangerous cargo: Kiran. A young apprentice on the run from one of the most powerful mages in Ninavel, Kiran is desperate enough to pay a fortune to sneak into a country where discovery means certain execution - and he'll do whatever it takes to prevent Dev from finding out the terrible truth behind his getaway. Yet the young mage is not the only one harboring a deadly secret. Caught up in a web of subterfuge and dark magic, Dev and Kiran must find a way to trust each other - or face not only their own destruction, but that of the entire city of Ninavel.

Author : Cecilia von Feilitzen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UCSD:31822037380862

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Young People, Soap Operas and Reality Tv by Cecilia von Feilitzen Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : UCSC:32106014991795

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Choice by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kirstin Cronn-Mills
Publisher : G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780399173264

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Original Fake by Kirstin Cronn-Mills Pdf

"Frankie Neumann's an introvert, and he's always been the outsider in his family of performers, but all that's about to change once he finds an outlet for his artistic talents"--

Author : Kylie Scott
Publisher : Kylie Scott LLC
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780648457336

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Famous in a Small Town by Kylie Scott Pdf

What chance does a small-town girl have with a world-famous rock star? Two years after his wife’s death, rock star Garrett Hayes hasn’t moved on. But he has moved out of L.A. Where better to escape his past than a small town in the northern California mountains? If only he could get the townsfolk of Wildwood to leave him the hell alone. Ani Bennet returned to her hometown for some much-needed serenity. The last thing she needs is a grumpy, too hot for his own good, rich and famous rock star living next door—and rent-free in her brain. She set her fangirl tendencies aside and deleted his photo from her cell when they became neighbors. But when Garrett asks for help, she can’t say no. The problem is, spending time together is making those fangirl feelings resurface—and bringing them to a whole new level. What chance does a small-town girl have with world-famous rock star? It’s time for Ani to set her fears aside and find out.

Author : Donald Marinelli
Publisher : Carnegie-Mellon University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015063338688

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ICEC Conference Proceedings 2003 by Donald Marinelli Pdf

The essays in this first volume in the Carnegie Mellon Entertainment Technology Series represent entertainment computing research and development. The veritable explosion of social transformations brought about by computer-generated and computer-mediated digital entertainment was upon us before many in higher education realized the world had changed. The artificial cleavage between what was considered to be entertainment and the calculating functionality of computer processing ws dispelled in a hail of wireless technologies, unique input devices, enhanced display capabilities, multi-player games and worlds, and breathtaking advances in animatronics.

Author : Kurt Andersen
Publisher : Random House
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781588366870

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Fantasyland by Kurt Andersen Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The single most important explanation, and the fullest explanation, of how Donald Trump became president of the United States . . . nothing less than the most important book that I have read this year.”—Lawrence O’Donnell How did we get here? In this sweeping, eloquent history of America, Kurt Andersen shows that what’s happening in our country today—this post-factual, “fake news” moment we’re all living through—is not something new, but rather the ultimate expression of our national character. America was founded by wishful dreamers, magical thinkers, and true believers, by hucksters and their suckers. Fantasy is deeply embedded in our DNA. Over the course of five centuries—from the Salem witch trials to Scientology to the Satanic Panic of the 1980s, from P. T. Barnum to Hollywood and the anything-goes, wild-and-crazy sixties, from conspiracy theories to our fetish for guns and obsession with extraterrestrials—our love of the fantastic has made America exceptional in a way that we've never fully acknowledged. From the start, our ultra-individualism was attached to epic dreams and epic fantasies—every citizen was free to believe absolutely anything, or to pretend to be absolutely anybody. With the gleeful erudition and tell-it-like-it-is ferocity of a Christopher Hitchens, Andersen explores whether the great American experiment in liberty has gone off the rails. Fantasyland could not appear at a more perfect moment. If you want to understand Donald Trump and the culture of twenty-first-century America, if you want to know how the lines between reality and illusion have become dangerously blurred, you must read this book. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE “This is a blockbuster of a book. Take a deep breath and dive in.”—Tom Brokaw “[An] absorbing, must-read polemic . . . a provocative new study of America’s cultural history.”—Newsday “Compelling and totally unnerving.”—The Village Voice “A frighteningly convincing and sometimes uproarious picture of a country in steep, perhaps terminal decline that would have the founding fathers weeping into their beards.”—The Guardian “This is an important book—the indispensable book—for understanding America in the age of Trump.”—Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci

Author : Jessica Cluess
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780553535921

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A Shadow Bright and Burning (Kingdom on Fire, Book One) by Jessica Cluess Pdf

"Vivid characters, terrifying monsters, and world building as deep and dark as the ocean." --Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Queen I am Henrietta Howel. The first female sorcerer in hundreds of years. The prophesied one. Or am I? Henrietta Howel can burst into flames. Forced to reveal her power to save a friend, she's shocked when instead of being executed, she's invited to train as one of Her Majesty's royal sorcerers. Thrust into the glamour of Victorian London, Henrietta is declared the chosen one, the girl who will defeat the Ancients, bloodthirsty demons terrorizing humanity. She also meets her fellow sorcerer trainees, handsome young men eager to test her power and her heart. One will challenge her. One will fight for her. One will betray her. But Henrietta Howel is not the chosen one. As she plays a dangerous game of deception, she discovers that the sorcerers have their own secrets to protect. With battle looming, what does it mean to not be the one? And how much will she risk to save the city—and the one she loves? Exhilarating and gripping, Jessica Cluess's spellbinding fantasy introduces a powerful, unforgettably heroine, and a world filled with magic, romance, and betrayal. Hand to fans of Libba Bray, Sarah J. Maas, and Cassandra Clare. "The magic! The intrigue! The guys! We were sucked into this monster-ridden, alternative England from page one. Henrietta is literally a 'girl on fire' and this team of sorcerers training for battle had a pinch of Potter blended with a drop of [Cassandra Clare's] Infernal Devices." --Justine Magazine "Cluess gamely turns the chosen-one trope upside down in this smashing dark fantasy." --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "Unputdownable. I loved the monsters, the magic, and the teen warriors who are their world's best hope! Jessica Cluess is an awesome storyteller!" --Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author "A fun, inventive fantasy. I totally have a book crush on Rook." --Sarah Rees Brennan, New York Times bestselling author "Pure enchantment. I love how Cluess turned the 'chosen one' archetype on its head. With the emotional intensity of my favorite fantasy books, this is the kind of story that makes you forget yourself." --Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Star-Touched Queen "A glorious, fast-paced romp of an adventure. Jessica Cluess has built her story out of my favorite ingredients: sorcery, demons, romance, and danger." --Kelly Link, author of Pretty Monsters

Author : Brian McNair
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351392884

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Fake News by Brian McNair Pdf

Fake News: Falsehood, fabrication and fantasy in journalism examines the causes and consequences of the ‘fake news’ phenomenon now sweeping the world’s media and political debates. Drawing on three decades of research and writing on journalism and news media, the author engages with the fake news phenomenon in accessible, insightful language designed to bring clarity and context to a complex and fast-moving debate. The author presents fake news not as a cultural issue in isolation but rather as arising from, and contributing to, significant political and social trends in twenty-first century societies. Chapters identify the factors which have laid the groundwork for fake news’ explosive appearance at this moment in our globalised public sphere. These include the rise of relativism and the crisis of objectivity, the role of digital media platforms in the production and consumption of news, and the growing drive to produce online content which attracts users and generates revenue.

Author : Brent Weeks
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316040389

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Shadow's Edge by Brent Weeks Pdf

Kylar Stern has given up the way of shadows for a life of peace, but when an old ally returns, Kylar must make a deadly choice in the second novel of the Night Angel Trilogy by NYT bestselling author Brent Weeks. Kylar Stern has rejected the assassin's life. The Godking's successful coup has left Kylar's master, Durzo, and his best friend, Logan, dead. He is starting over: new city, new friends, and new profession. But when he learns that Logan might actually be alive and in hiding, Kylar is faced with an agonizing choice: will he give up the way of shadows forever and live in peace with his new family, or will he risk everything by taking on the ultimate hit? Devour this blockbuster tale of assassination and magic by Brent Weeks, which has delighted readers all over the world -- with over one million copies in print!

Author : Institute for Scientific Information
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1300 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 01633155

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Current Contents. Arts & Humanities by Institute for Scientific Information Pdf

Author : Marilyn Deegan,Jean Anderson,Harold Short
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Digital humanities
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110135642

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DRH98 by Marilyn Deegan,Jean Anderson,Harold Short Pdf

Author : Judy Toews,Nicole Parton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1552631796

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Raising Happy, Healthy, Weight-wise Kids by Judy Toews,Nicole Parton Pdf

The bestselling authors of Never Say Diet! and Never Say Diet! 7 Days a Week are back! In their latest effort, nutritionist Judy Toews and journalist Nicole Parton tackle the good, bad and just plain ugly influences on children's relationships with food. Childhood obesity has doubled in the last 20 years. While some kids are getting too heavy, millions of others who are at a healthy weight are dissatisfied with their bodies. Experts blame the confusing world in which we live for the increasing incidence of childhood weight and body-image concerns. Packed with sense and sensitivity, this book helps parents and other adults guide kids toward a healthy body weight and a positive body image. A combination of easy-to-read science and practical how-to's, Raising Happy, Healthy, Weight-wise Kids offers solid information, down-to-earth advice, and years of personal experience. You'll learn that: - Kids are not little adults - they have their own nutritional needs. - The best time to plan for a healthy child with no hang-ups about size and shape is before conception. The second best time is right now. - One medium cabbage will serve six adults or 297 preschoolers. Written with a sense of humour that will get you through even the most challenging of times, Raising Happy, Healthy, Weight-wise Kids is essential reading for real people trying to raise real kids in the real world.