Foundation For Critical Thinking

Foundation For Critical Thinking - Fact over fake: a critical thinker's guide to media bias and political propaganda, paperback/linda elder

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Today's instantaneous and ever-present news stream frequently presents a sensationalized or otherwise distorted view of the world, demanding constant critical engagement on the part of everyday citizens.

The Critical Thinker's Guide to Bias, Lies, and Politics in the News reveals the power of critical thinking to make sense of overwhelming and often subjective media by detecting ideology, slant, and spin at work.

Building off the Richard Paul and Linda Elder framework for critical thinking, Elder focuses on the internal logic of the news as well as societal influences on the media while illustrating essential elements of trustworthy journalism.

With up-to-date discussions of social media, digital journalism, and political maneuvering inside and outside the fourth estate, Fact or Fake is an essential handbook for those who want to stay informed but not influenced by our modern news reporting systems.

About author(s): Dr.

Linda Elder is an educational psychologist who has taught both psychology and critical thinking at the college level.

She has been President of the Foundation for Critical Thinking and the Executive Director of the Center for Critical Thinking for almost 25 years.

She has a special interest in the relation of thought and emotion, as well as the cognitive and affective.

She has developed an original theory of the stages of critical thinking development.

Elder has coauthored four books on critical thinking, as well as all 23 titles found in the Thinker's Guide Library.

Richard Paul was a leading proponent of critical thinking and through his work and legacy remains an international authority in the field.

He founded the Center for Critical Thinking at Sonoma State University in 1980, followed by the Foundation for Critical Thinking.

He developed concepts, principles, and theory essentials to a robust and fairminded conception of critical thinking and authored more than 200 articles and seven books on the topic.

He presented workshops to hundreds of thousands of educators over his 35-year career as a leader in the critical thinking movement.