Introduction: Why Criticalthinking Is Essential To Making Sense Of The News |
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Political Views in the News: Understanding the Liberal-Minded Person |
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The Logic of the News Media |
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Political Influences, Advertising, and Group Think |
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Technological Noise in the News |
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What We Need the News Media to Do for Us |
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Chapter 1 Current Trends Affecting How We See The News |
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Key Critical Thinking Questions to Ask When Seeking the News |
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Realities That Impede Our Ability to Get Objective News |
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Social Media as an Unreliable News Source |
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Chapter 2 Essential Critical Thinking Tools For Understanding Human Reasoning And Media Logic |
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Defining Critical Thinking |
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All Humans Use Their Thinking to Make Sense of the World |
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Analyze Thinking Through Its Elemental Structures |
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Questioning the Reasoning Embedded in a News Article |
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Characteristics of the Disciplined Mind That Help Us Detect Bias |
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Rational Capacities or Irrational Tendencies Can Control the Mind |
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Chapter 3 Objectivity, Bias, And Underlying Agendas |
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Democracy and the News Media |
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Myths That Obscure the Logic of the News Media |
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Bias and Objectivity in the News Media |
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How the News Media View Objectivity Today |
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The Perception of Bias in the Mainstream |
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Propaganda and News Story Writing |
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Protecting the Home Audience from Guilt Feelings |
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How the News Media Foster Sociocentric Thinking |
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Chapter 4 Become An Astute Media Consumer |
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How to Obtain Useful Information from Propaganda and Typical News Stories |
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Steps in Becoming a Critical Consumer of the News |
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Media Awareness of Media Bias |
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Sensitivity to Advertisers |
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Sensitivity to Politicians and the Government |
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Sensitivity to Powerful Interests |
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Sensitivity to Their Competitors |
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The Bias Toward Novelty and Sensationalism |
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Critical Consumers of the News |
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Dominant and Dissenting Views: Finding Alternative Sources of Information |
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Buried, Ignored, or Underreported Stories |
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How the Internet and Other Technologies Pervade Our Lives |
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How the Internet Works: The Big Picture |
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Assess a Given Website Using Critical Thinking Standards |
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Using the Internet in Seeking the News |
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Additional Alternative News Sources |
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Readings That Help You Become a More Independent Thinker |
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Chapter 5 The Future Of The News |
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Is It Possible for the News Media to Reform? |
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Is the Emergence of a "Critical Society" Possible? |
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Appendix A Think For Yourself Activities |
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Appendix B An Abbreviated Glossary Of Critical Thinking Concepts And Terms |
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References And Recommended Readings |
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Index |
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About The Authors |
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