What the Fact? by Seema Yasmin - ISBN: 9781665900041
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Navigate the news jungle: Learn to spot truth in a lie.

What the Fact?

Finding the Truth in All the Noise

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    29 November 2023

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Summary

From acclaimed writer, journalist, and physician Dr. Seema Yasmin comes a “savvy, accessible, and critical” book about the importance of media literacy, fact-based reporting, and the ability to discern truth from lies.

What is a fact? What are reliable sources? What is news? What is fake news? How can anyone make sense of it anymore? Well, we have to. As conspiracy theories and online hoaxes increasingly become a part of our national discourse and “truth” itself is being questioned, i…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781665900041
ISBN-10:1665900040
Author:Seema Yasmin
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Imprint:Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:29 November 2023
Weight:268g
Dimensions:25mm x 140mm x 210mm
Audience Age:12-99
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What the Fact? by Seema Yasmin - ISBN: 9781665900041
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Critics Review

“Educators will applaud a book that helps navigate an already overwhelming problem and curious teens will be rewarded with helpful tips for media consumption. It’s a book every library and classroom should have.” – -School Library Journal * 12/1/2022 *
“Laden with entertainingly presented tips and techniques, this informative overview will encourage further exploration and contemplation.

A savvy, accessible, and critical guide to media literacy.” – -Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW * 7/1/22 *
“Journalist Yasmin (If God Is a Virus, for adults) effectively explores contemporary media literacy’s barriers and how to overcome them in this eye-opening work told via contagion and vaccine metaphor.” – -Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW * 7/4/2022 *

About The Author

Seema Yasmin

Seema Yasmin is an Emmy Award–winning journalist who was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, medical doctor, professor, and poet. She attended medical school at Cambridge University and worked as a disease detective for the US federal government’s Epidemic Intelligence Service. She currently teaches storytelling at Stanford University School of Medicine, and is a regular contributor to CNN, Self, and Scientific American, among others.

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