Alexandra Kitty
Description
Alexandra Kitty is a Canadian author, educator, and researcher whose work has appeared in Presstime, Quill, Current, Elle Canada, Maisonneuve, Critical Review, and Skeptic. She was a relationships columnist for the Hamilton Spectator and an advice columnist for the Victoria Times-Colonist. She was the first female recipient of the Arch Award from McMaster University, Canada, and is the author of a number of books, including Don’t Believe It!: How Lies Become News; OutFoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism; A New Approach to Journalism; Organic Journalism and Gathering Information in Catastrophic Environments with Primal Literacy; and Therapeutic Journalism: Presenting Information with Emotional Literacy.
Books
Outfoxed
"Journalist Alexandra Kitty continues the investigation of Fox News Channel where producer/director Robert Greenwald's documentary film sensation left off, digging deeper into Rupert Murdoch's role as unofficial Minister of Information for planet Earth and the sleep of reason that Fox News has helped induce in the American public"--Book Jacket.
When Journalism Was a Thing
Discusses the once-noble profession of journalism and its ultimate demise. The author also provides a model for a new approach to the profession.
Mind under Siege
"Alexandra Kitty's vital new book is a guide to the stratagems and techniques of war propaganda. When nations go to war, governments need reliable and effective methods of rallying public opinion to support their actions, regardless of the political leanings or educational background of citizens. The Mind Under Siege explores real life case studies and research in human motivation to show why propaganda is more powerful, potent, and effective than other types of persuasive messages. Reliance on primal phobias, and the threat to reproduction, well-being, and life itself make propaganda a reliable and powerful tool. For journalists and other news producers, Kitty's book shows how to ask the right questions and avoid spreading misinformation and propaganda and how to see more insidious forms of manipulation and narrative through psychological research and case studies"--
Don't Believe It
"In Don't Believe it!, accomplished journalist and academic Alexandra Kitty takes you on a guided tour of one hundred years of media hoaxes, propaganda and misinformation and shows you how to take apart a news story from the inside out to find the falsehoods lurking within."--Jacket.