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Escaping the Rabbit Hole: How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic, and Respect
by West MickThe Earth is flat, the World Trade Center collapse was a controlled demolition, planes are spraying poison to control the weather, and actors faked the Sandy Hook massacre…. All these claims are bunk: falsehoods, mistakes, and in some cases, outright lies. But many people passionately believe one or more of these conspiracy theories. They consume countless books and videos, join like-minded online communities, try to convert those around them, and even, on occasion, alienate their own friends and family. Why is this, and how can you help people, especially those closest to you, break free from the downward spiral of conspiracy thinking? In Escaping the Rabbit Hole, author Mick West shares over a decade’s worth of knowledge and experience investigating and debunking false conspiracy theories through his forum, MetaBunk.org, and sets forth a practical guide to helping friends and loved ones recognize these theories for what they really are. Perhaps counter-intuitively, the most successful approaches to helping individuals escape a rabbit hole aren’t comprised of simply explaining why they are wrong; rather, West’s tried-and-tested approach emphasizes clear communication based on mutual respect, honesty, openness, and patience. West puts his debunking techniques and best practices to the test with four of the most popular false conspiracy theories today (Chemtrails, 9/11 Controlled Demolition, False Flags, and Flat Earth) — providing road maps to help you to understand your friend and help them escape the rabbit hole. These are accompanied by real-life case studies of individuals who, with help, were able to break free from conspiracism. With sections on:the wide spectrum of conspiracy theories avoiding the “shill” label psychological factors and other complications(and concluding with) a look at the future of debunking, Mick West has put forth a conclusive, well-researched, practical reference on why people fall down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole and how you can help them escape.
Escaping the Rabbit Hole: How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic, and Respect (Revised and Updated - Includes Information about 2020 Election Fraud, The Coronavirus Pandemic, The Rise of QAnon, and UFOs)
by Mick WestRevised and updated for the first time in 2023—Now includes strategies for debunking conspiracies regarding the coronavirus pandemic, election fraud, QAnon, UFOs, and more. The Earth is flat, the World Trade Center collapse was a controlled demolition, planes are spraying poison to control the weather, and actors faked the Sandy Hook massacre. All these claims are bunk: falsehoods, mistakes, and in some cases, outright lies. But many people passionately believe one or more of these conspiracy theories. They consume countless books and videos, join like-minded online communities, try to convert those around them, and even, on occasion, alienate their own friends and family. Why is this, and how can you help people, especially those closest to you, break free from the downward spiral of conspiracy thinking? In Escaping the Rabbit Hole, author Mick West shares over a decade&’s worth of knowledge and experience investigating and debunking false conspiracy theories through his forum, MetaBunk.org, and sets forth a practical guide to helping friends and loved ones recognize these theories for what they really are. Perhaps counter-intuitively, the most successful approaches to helping individuals escape a rabbit hole aren&’t comprised of simply explaining why they are wrong; rather, West&’s tried-and-tested approach emphasizes clear communication based on mutual respect, honesty, openness, and patience. West puts his debunking techniques and best practices to the test with the most popular false conspiracy theories today (Chemtrails, The Coronavirus Pandemic, 9/11 Controlled Demolition, Election Fraud, False Flags, Flat Earth, The Rising of QAnon, and UFOs)—providing road maps to help you to understand your friend and help them escape the rabbit hole. These are accompanied by real-life case studies of individuals who, with help, were able to break free from conspiracism. With sections on: the wide spectrum of conspiracy theoriesavoiding the &“shill&” labelpsychological factors and other complications(and concluding with) a look at the future of debunking Mick West has put forth a conclusive, well-researched, practical reference on why people fall down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole and how you can help them escape.
Escrever: O que você precisa para... (Como se faz... #123)
by Owen JonesEscrever E-books, PLR e Blogs Olá e obrigado por ter adquirido esse ebook chamado "Escrever: E-books, PLR e Blogs". Eu espero que essa informação seja de grande ajuda, útil e rentável. As informações sobre as várias formas de escrita contidas neste livro estão organizadas em 18 capítulos contendo entre 500-600 palavras cada. Esse ebook irá interessar àqueles que querem desenvolver suas habilidades de escrita. E como um bônus, você está autorizado a utilizar esse conteúdo em seu site ou blog, embora seja melhor reescrever com suas próprias palavras antes de publicar. Você também pode dividir o livro e revender os artigos. Na verdade, o único direito que você não tem é de vender esse livro da mesma forma que ele foi entregue a você. Se você tiver algum comentário ou crítica a fazer, deixe-a com a empresa onde você adquiriu esse livro. Obrigada mais uma vez por ter adquirido esse ebook, Saudações, Owen Jones.
Escribir: Libros electrónicos, PLR y Blogs (Como hacer... #123)
by Owen JonesEscribir Libros electrónicos, PLR y Blogs Hola, gracias por comprar este libro electrónico llamado “Escribir: Libros electrónicos, PLR y Blogs”. Espero que encuentres relevante, útil y rentable la información aquí presente. La información en este libro, el cual trata sobre varias formas de escribir, está organizada en 18 capítulos de entre 500 y 600 palabras cada uno. Este libro electrónico le interesará a quienes busquen desarrollar sus habilidades para escribir. Como un bono, además, te otorgo permiso para usar este contenido en tu propio sitio web, blog o boletín, aunque es mejor si lo reescribes primero con tus propias palabras. Quizá quieras, además, dividir el libro y revender los artículos. De hecho, el único derecho con el que no cuentas es el de revender o regalar este libro tal cual se te fue entregado. Si tienes cualquier tipo de retroalimentación, por favor déjala con la compañía a la cual le compraste esta obra. Gracias, de nuevo, por comprar este libro electrónico. Atentamente, Owen Jones.
Escritos de cine (estuche: Un oficio del siglo xx, Arcadia todas las noches, Cine o Sardina)
by Guillermo Cabrera InfanteLas tres colecciones de artículos sobre cine de Guillermo Cabrera Infante en un estuche que se disfruta como una función. Director de la cinemateca de Cuba y crítico de cine en su juventud, guionista de Hollywood en su madurez, Guillermo Cabrera Infante fue un apasionado cinéfilo toda su vida. El presente estuche reúne sus tres colecciones de ensayos sobre el tema: Un oficio del siglo xx, Arcadia todas las noches y Cine o sardina. En ellas brillan su espíritu lúdico y la fina ironía, que nos ayudan a comprender el sentido, el contexto y la factura del séptimo arte. De texto en texto y de mirada en mirada, Cabrera Infante repasa la obra de Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hawks, John Huston o Vincente Minnelli, así como una plétora de películas clásicas y modernas. Si el cine es el protagonista indiscutible, el crítico-escritor no deja de darle la réplica. Del diálogo entre la pantalla y la palabra surgen textos que no solo aportan una valiosa información, sino que se disfrutan como verdaderas funciones. Sobre el autor y la obra:«Para los que estudiábamos cine, Un oficio del siglo XX era un libro de cabecera.»Fernando Trueba «Ha convertido la crítica cinematográfica en un género literario gracias a su riqueza verbal y a su imaginación.»Mario Vargas Llosa «Cabrera Infante es casi una enciclopedia del cine hollywoodense.»Jacobo Machover, Revista de Libros
Espanol medico y sociedad: Un libro para estudiantes de espanol en el tercer ano de estudios (Revised Edition)
by Alicia GiraltEspanol medico y sociedad/ Medical Spanish and Society is an innovative textbook that fulfills the needs of upper-division Spanish students who are pursuing degrees in the health professions, plan to become medical interpreters or just want to improve their proficiency in the language. It provides multiple opportunities to learn vocabulary related to the medical field, reviews hard-to-understand grammatical concepts, describes health-related cultural competence and presents opportunities to discuss issues of concern about the health of Hispanic communities in the US and abroad.
Esperanto Revolutionaries and Geeks: Language Politics, Digital Media and the Making of an International Community
by Guilherme FiansThis book explores how Esperanto – often regarded as a future-oriented utopian project that ended up confined to the past – persists in the present. Constructed in the late nineteenth century to promote global linguistic understanding, this language was historically linked to anarchism, communism and pacifism. Yet, what political relevance does Esperanto retain in the present? What impacts have emerging communication technologies had on the dynamics of this speech community? Unpacking how Esperanto speakers are everywhere, but concentrated nowhere, the author argues that digital media have provided tools for people to (re)politicise acts of communication, produce horizontal learning spaces and, ultimately, build an international community. As Esperanto speakers question the post-political consensus about communication rights, this language becomes an ally of activism for open-source software and global social justice. This book will be of relevance to students and scholars researching political activism, language use and community-building, as well as anyone with an interest in digital media more broadly.
Esports and the Media: Challenges and Expectations in a Multi-Screen Society (Routledge Focus on Digital Media and Culture)
by Angel Torres-ToukoumidisThis book takes a multidisciplinary approach to the question of esports and their role in society. A diverse group of authors tackle the impact of esports and the ways in which it has grown within the entertainment industry around the world. Chapters offer a coherent response to the following questions: What role do esports play in the entertainment industry? What communication skills can be learned through esports? What do the media gain from broadcasting esports? What is the relationship between social networks and esports? What are the main marketing strategies used in esports? What effect does communicative globalization have on the development of esports? What is the relationship between merchandising and esports? What do communication experts think about esports? Offering clear insights into this rapidly developing area, this volume will be of great interest to scholars, students, and anyone working in game studies, new media, leisure, sport studies, communication studies, transmedia literacy, and digital culture.
Esports and the Media: Challenges and Expectations in a Multi-Screen Society (Routledge Focus on Digital Media and Culture)
by Angel Torres-ToukoumidisThis book takes a multidisciplinary approach to the question of esports and their role in society. A diverse group of authors tackle the impact of esports and the ways in which it has grown within the entertainment industry around the world.Chapters offer a coherent response to the following questions: What role do esports play in the entertainment industry? What communication skills can be learned through esports? What do the media gain from broadcasting esports? What is the relationship between social networks and esports? What are the main marketing strategies used in esports? What effect does communicative globalization have on the development of esports? What is the relationship between merchandising and esports? What do communication experts think about esports? Offering clear insights into this rapidly developing area, this volume will be of great interest to scholars, students, and anyone working in game studies, new media, leisure, sport studies, communication studies, transmedia literacy, and digital culture.The Open Access version of this book has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003273691/esports-media-angel-torres-toukoumidis
Essay Writing Skills
by Mark Connelly Patrick Forsyth Jacqueline ConnellyWriting essays is a major part of many further education courses. In coursework assignments, dissertations and exams, a well-written essay can make the difference between a pass and a fail. Essay Writing Skills offers practical and proven ways to maximise your success in all aspects of essay writing. From planning your first essay to assessing primary and secondary sources, it will help you to write in a systematic way that presents a convincing and academically sound argument. A comprehensive guide, it provides guidance and advice on good research techniques, grammar and accuracy, creating an essay plan and correctly citing your sources.Also including a range of real life example essays and insider knowledge on how your essays are assessed, Essay Writing Skills is an indispensible source of advice, making the writing process clear and manageable to help you improve the quality of your written work.
Essay Writing for Adolescents with Language and Learning Difficulties: Practical Strategies for English Teachers
by Kim KnightEssay Writing for Adolescents with Language and Learning Difficulties is a step-by-step guide for educators teaching secondary students with language difficulties how to write an English essay and, more importantly, how to do this on their own. Essay writing is one of the most difficult skills that secondary school students need to develop, though there are limited resources available to support these students and their teachers. Based on research into language disorders in adolescence and language processing, the strategies in this book are easy to apply and represent a scaffolded and sequenced approach to teaching essay writing. The book's structure encourages students' skills and confidence to be developed gradually, each chapter building on the last, beginning with the early stages of text analysis and progressing through to writing a complete essay. While written with students with language difficulties in mind, the strategies in this book are applicable to teaching all secondary school students. Written by a speech pathologist with over a decade’s experience working in secondary schools, this book is an essential resource for all high school English teachers and any education professionals responsible for teaching adolescents how to write essays competently and confidently.
Essential Communication
by George Rodman Athena Du Pré Ronald AdlerThis is no ordinary textbook. With its revamped design, highly visual features, and concise coverage, the second edition of Essential Communication is a practical, interactive guide for students. Exercises and self quizzes help students reflect on their own communication patterns and improve their skills. Focused on the fundamentals, every element of this text helps students become better communicators online, in person, at home, and at work.
Essential Concepts of Environmental Communication: An A–Z Guide (Routledge Studies in Environmental Communication and Media)
by Pat BreretonThis book draws on a broad spectrum of environmental communications and related cross-disciplinary literature to help students and scholars grasp the interconnecting key concepts within this ever-expanding field of study. Aligning climate change and environmental learning through media and communications, particularly taking into account the post-COVID challenge of sustainability, remains one of the most important concerns within environmental communications. Addressing this challenge, Essential Concepts for Environmental Communication synthesises summary writings from a broad range of environmental theorists, while teasing out provocative concepts and key ideas that frame this evolving, multi-disciplinary field. Each entry maps out an important concept or environmental idea and illustrates how it relates more broadly across the growing field of environmental communication debates. Included in this volume is a full section dedicated to exploring what environmental communication might look like in a post-COVID setting: • Offers cutting-edge analysis of the current state of environmental communications. • Presents an up-to-date exploration of environmental and sustainable development models at a local and global level. • Provides an in-depth exploration of key concepts across the ever-expanding environmental communications field. • Examines the interaction between environmental and media communications at all levels. • Provides a critical review of contemporary environmental communications literature and scholarship. With key bibliographical references and further reading included alongside the entries, this innovative and accessible volume will be of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners alike.
Essential French Grammar (Essential Language Grammars)
by Mike Thacker Casimir d'AngeloEssential French Grammar is a student-friendly French grammar designed to give learners a firm foundation on which to build a real understanding of both spoken and written French. Clear explanations of grammar are supported by contemporary examples, lively cartoon drawings and a variety of exercises. Key features of the second edition include: each grammar point explained initially with reference to English parallels between English and French provided where relevant 'Key points' box and tables that summarize grammar concepts real-life language examples in French, with English translations a variety of exercises to reinforce learning a contemporary primary source or literary extract to illustrate grammar in context more detailed coverage of punctuation, accents, spelling and the specific sounds of French This second edition includes an introductory chapter that describes the lexical and grammatical differences between French and English. A glossary of grammatical terms in French and English, useful verb tables, and a key to the exercises are also provided, making this an ideal resource for both independent and class-based learners. Essential French Grammar is an innovative reference grammar and workbook for intermediate and advanced undergraduate students of French. This text is ideal for students at CEFR levels B1 to C1, or Intermediate High to Advanced on the ACTFL scale.
Essential Grammar for Business: The Foundation of Good Writing
by Ellen JovinReliable, authoritative, and designed to ease grammar anxiety!Words are the currency of every business transaction. They persuade, inspire, educate, and clarify. Essential Grammar for Business offers guidance to professionals perplexed by proper comma placement, dangling modifiers, or the difference between who and whom. With a better understanding of the building blocks, readers will be better equipped to focus on the other ingredients of good business writing such as content, clarity, and style. This book is fun, fast-paced, and easy to use.
Essential Grammar for Business: The Foundation of Good Writing (Business Communication Pocket Guides)
by Ellen JovinReliable, authoritative, and designed to ease grammar anxiety!Words are the currency of every business transaction. They persuade, inspire, educate and clarify. Essential Grammar for Business offers guidance to professionals perplexed by proper comma placement, dangling modifiers or the difference between who and whom. With a better understanding of the building blocks, readers will be better equipped to focus on the other ingredients of good business writing such as content, clarity and style. This book is fun, fast-paced, and easy to use.
Essential Interviewing: A Programmed Approach To Effective Communication
by David Evans Allen Ivey Margaret Hearn Max UhlemannWith an emphasis on the three major stages of interviewing: exploration, clarification and action, ESSENTIAL INTERVIEWING offers the same programmed-learning model of interviewing that has successfully trained countless members of the helping professions for nearly 30 years. Based on Ivey's systematic method of interviewer, counselor, and therapist training, as well as Hearn's programmed-learning model, the text makes interview skills clear and specific. The authors give students the tools they need to conduct successful interviews with diverse clients in a variety of professional settings, including social work, counseling, nursing, personel work, and human services.
Essential Interviewing: A Programmed Approach to Effective Communication
by David R. Evans; Margaret T. Hearn; Max R. Uhlemann; Allen E. Ivey;This proven text gives you the tools you need to conduct successful interviews with diverse clients in a variety of professional settings, including social work, counseling, nursing, personnel work, and human services. With an emphasis on the three major stages of interviewing: exploration, clarification, and action.
Essential Journalism: The NCTJ Guide for Trainee Journalists
by Jonathan BakerThis book is a practical guide to all aspects of modern journalism for anyone seeking to study for the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) Diploma in Journalism and become a qualified journalist in the UK. Written in collaboration with the NCTJ, Essential Journalism outlines everything you need to know about the journalism industry today, from its ethical framework to its practice across print, television, radio, online and social media. It looks at the core principles and the skills that are required of journalists across all platforms, helping students develop an overall understanding of the business and examining the application and adaptation of traditional best practice to the demands of the digital age. This is a unique one-stop shop for anyone who wants to understand the nature and purpose of journalism, and how it is changing and evolving in today’s digital newsrooms. This book is a core resource for journalism trainees and undergraduates, as well as for seasoned practitioners and lecturers.
Essential Journalism: The NCTJ Guide for Trainee Journalists
by Jonathan BakerOffering a practical guide to all aspects of modern journalism, Essential Journalism is a key resource for anyone wishing to become a qualified journalist in the UK, and in particular, those studying for the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) Diploma.This second edition of Essential Journalism, written in collaboration with the NCTJ, covers everything you need to know about journalism today – its character, its ethical framework, and its practice across print, television, radio, online and social media. New and revised material includes the impact and application of AI, changing consumer habits, new working practices, safety and resilience for journalists, and developments in verification and the exposure of fake news. Rooted in the core principles that apply to journalists across all platforms, this book helps students develop an overall comprehension of the industry and understand the application and adaptation of traditional best practice to the demands of the digital age.This book is intended principally for journalism trainees and students but will also be a valuable resource for seasoned practitioners and lecturers.
Essential Knowledge for the Aspiring Media Professional
by John Stephen ZaffutoEssential Knowledge for the Aspiring Media Professional provides readers with the skillset needed to produce professional, high-quality video content in today’s competitive media landscape. The author draws on over two decades of industry experience to offer strategies for how to develop a sense of design, adopt a holistic approach to the media production process, and craft a distinct idea for a project’s intent and form. In five in-depth chapters, the book delves into topics ranging from pre-production and planning processes to technical considerations and post-production methods. It concludes with an overview of career opportunities for aspiring media-makers. This book is an invaluable resource for students and professionals alike looking to hone creative production techniques within a broad range of formats and environments, particularly those requiring effective marketing and advertising-oriented content.
Essential Managers Effective Communication (DK Essential Managers)
by DKThe practical guide that gives you the tools to improve your communication in a business environment. Discover how to improve your communication skills by learning to understand your audience, communicate strategically, and discover which delivery approach is right for you. You'll also develop confidence, learn to listen effectively, and give and receive feedback. In a slim, portable format, Essential Managers: Effective Communication gives you a practical how-to approach with step-by-step instructions, tips, checklists and &“ask yourself&” features showing you how to overcome barriers to communication, choose the right medium for your message, and make an impact. If you want to brush up on or enhance your communication skills, this is the guide for you.
Essential Managers Presenting (DK Essential Managers)
by DKThe practical guide that gives you the skills to improve your presentation skills. Find out how to improve your presentation skills by learning how to prepare properly, capture attention, speak confidently, and deliver your message. You'll discover how to structure your presentation, engage with your audience, and make an impact. In a slim, portable format, Essential Managers: Presenting gives you a practical how-to approach with step-by-step instructions, tips, checklists, and &“ask yourself&” features showing you how to plan your presentations, hold an audience, and make an impact. If you want to brush up on or enhance your presentation skills, this is the guide for you.
Essential Mass Communication: Convergence, Culture, and Media Literacy
by John DiMarcoHelps students develop the ability to analyze culture and utilize media literacy techniques, provides the core skills necessary to succeed in a communications career Essential Mass Communication helps students build a strong understanding of communication theory, mass communication technology, information studies, and mass communication practices. Offering an expanded view of the field, this comprehensive textbook combines easily accessible coverage of core skills and concepts with historically critical content on mass communication revolutions, cultural impacts, and converging media as they changed society. Throughout the text, author John DiMarco integrates professional practice components into each chapter, including professional pathways to applying mass communication to students' careers. Essential Mass Communication addresses a variety of creative fields, such as storytelling, rhetoric, journalism, marketing and advertising, design, fine art, photography, and filmmaking. Student-friendly chapters explore a uniquely wide range of topics, from introductory content on communication process and product to more in-depth discussion of game history and theory, critical theory, strategic communication, and more. Designed to help aspiring creative professionals learn and use the technology tools and channels available to deliver cultural and personal experiences in the form of media products, Essential Mass Communication: Introduces the concepts of mass communication and establishes foundations for understanding convergence and culture Provides the skills and knowledge required to apply critical media literacy analysis techniques in different fields Discusses the driving technologies, key people, convergence, and cultural instances of each mass communication media Covers the business and information disciplines of mass communication, including ethics and communication law Highlights the connection between communication technologies, culture, and careers in mass media Includes a wealth of real-world case studies, applied examples and assignments, key term definitions, end-of-chapter questions, in-text QR codes linking to internet sources, and valuable appendices for career development With a strong focus on creative, active learning, Essential Mass Communication: Convergence, Culture, and Media Literacy is the perfect textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in Mass Communication, Information Studies, and Communication technologies, as well as relevant courses in Media Studies, International Communications, and Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations programs.
Essential People Skills for Project Managers
by Steven W. Flannes PhD Ginger Levin PMP, DPAA Treasury of How-to Guidance for Project Success!People problems can really hurt your project, causing delays, eroding quality, increasing costs, and resulting in high levels of stress for everyone on the team. Yet if you're like most project managers, you've never been taught the soft skills necessary for managing tough people issues.Essential People Skills for Project Managers brings the key concepts of people skills into sharp focus, offering specific, practical skills that you can grasp quickly, apply immediately, and use to resolve these often difficult people issues. Derived from the widely popular original book, People Skills for Project Managers, this new version provides condensed content and a practical focus.• Apply project leadership techniques with confidence• Resolve conflicts and motivate team members• Help a team recover after a critical incident• Determine your team members' personal styles so you can work more effectively with themYou'll also learn how to apply people skills for a more successful career and life!• Discover how to manage stress – personal and professional• Learn proven methods for managing your own career• Find out how to thrive in an atmosphere of change