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Author: Sturgill author Amanda

Brand: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Edition: 1

Number Of Pages: 160

Details: Review

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.
― Choice Reviews

Detecting Deception is both readable and fun. Amanda Sturgill uses references from pop culture and current events to engage readers, and the Your Turn sections engage interactive thought. Students, professors and others will benefit from exploring the strategies used by senders of messages to build a case; however, Sturgill goes farther to give her audience strategies to identify and combat weak arguments. The work is well researched and includes insightful references — Michael Ray Smith, author of Fake News, Truth-Telling, and Charles M. Sheldon’s Model of Accuracy

Truth is difficult to discern in today’s news media, so this intelligent and pragmatic book arrives none too soon. Filled with relevant examples and new insights, Sturgill instructs us on how to sift through the plethora of messages that characterize today’s complex and often divisive media environment; she does so with refreshingly crisp and clear writing. This is the foundation for identifying good journalism that we’ve been waiting for.
— Daniel A. Stout, Professor Emeritus of Communication, Brigham Young University Hawaii

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Fact checking and verification is an essential part of journalism. When a confusing media environment includes statements like “Truth is not truth” and “The president offered alternative facts,” people need to be ready to consider the presentation of reality in deciding if a statement is misleading or patently false. Detecting Deception applies the concepts of logical argumentation to supplement the verification techniques that are the stock and trade of any media professional.

Pithy and practical, Amanda Sturgill draws from present day news examples to help people recognize the most common bad arguments public figures make. Detecting Deception is an essential tool for training citizens, including future journalists, to build stories that recognize faulty arguments and hold their subjects to a higher standard.

About the Author

Amanda Sturgill is an Associate Professor of Journalism at Elon University and has been teaching the use of logic to create and understand arguments throughout her 20-year career as an educator. She uses her knowledge of how to explain to novices and combines it with her experience as a journalist and as the director of communications for a major international competition.

Release Date: 20-08-2020

Package Dimensions: 13x224x295

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