Local tags: Media Literacy Collection (Keywords) and FORMAT: BIB

A Big Tech exec pulls back the curtain on the unseen forces at work labeling you, tracking you, and triggering you - deciding your employability, quality of life, and even whether you should live or die - because what you don't know about them could actually hurt you.

Uncovers the science behind our "unintentional" biases using real world stories underpinned by scientific theories and research. Experiments have shown that our brains categorize people by race in less than one-tenth of a second, about 50 milliseconds before determining sex. This means that we ...

Digital platforms like Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter are injecting the influence of peers into our daily decisions, driving the products we buy, how we vote and even who we love. Packed with original research conducted by Aral and his team, The Hype Machine describes the impact of social media ...

"The Media Savvy Middle School Classroom is a practical guide for teachers of grades 5-8 who need to educate their students with media literacy skills. Today's fake news, alternative facts, and digital manipulations are compromising the critical thinking and well-being of middle-grade learners al...

This book is an account of the economic and social dynamics of the new age of information. Manuel Castells formulates a theory of the information society that takes account of fundamental effects of information technology on the contemporary world.

Hivemind: A collective consciousness in which we share consensus thoughts, emotions, and opinions; a phenomenon whereby a group of people function as if with a single mind. Our views of the world are shaped by the stories told by our self-selected communities. Whether seeking out groups that shar...

This title unpicks the complexities of our digital world and discovers how to live well within it.