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"In Over the Influence, communication professor and CNN Opinion contributor Kara Alaimo reveals how social media is affecting every aspect of the lives of women and girls-from our relationships and our parenting to our physical and mental well-being. Overthe Influence is a book about what it means to live in the world social media has wrought-whether you're constantly connected or have deleted your accounts forever. Alaimo shows why you're likely...
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Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 24 cm
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"American society is more polarized than ever before. We are strategically being pushed apart by disinformation--the deliberate spreading of lies disguised as truth--and it comes at us from all sides: opportunists on the far right, Russian misinformed social media influencers, among others. It's endangering our democracy and causing havoc in our electoral system, schools, hospitals, workplaces, and in our Capitol. Advances in technology including...
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 22 cm
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When she discovers her parents had a chip implanted in her brain that keeps track of her location and brain activity, Paige dons her noise-canceling headphones and sets out to find the other kids in the study to show them what's been done to them.
4) The takeover
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Series
Fearless (Mandy Gonzalez) volume 4
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
184 pages ; 22 cm.
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When her social media account is hacked, 12-year-old Broadway actress April DaSilva desperately tries to reclaim ownership of the online presence she's worked so hard for until it's announced that the entire Squad on Our Time has outgrown their roles and may soon be replaced.
5) Emily posts
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Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
253 pages ; 22 cm
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"When she is cut from her middle school's podcast crew, social media influencer wannabe Emily Laurence must find another way to spread the news of a climate march, trying to balance her impeccable manners with 21st-century activism"--
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Series
Finally seen volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 22 cm
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When her mom's video on social media takes off, 10-year-old Lina Gao sets out to go viral herself but discovers there's a lot more to social media than she ever imagined and must find the courage to be her authentic self in this fast-paced world.
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Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 21 cm
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When Daisy takes a stopgap job as a nanny to help a single father with his two young girls, being immersed in a close-knit, loving family starts to poke holes in her plan to be on her own to recover from a very bad year.
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Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
471 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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At Foxham Prep, a posh private school for Washington, D.C.'s elite, a rumor gains momentum as it collects followers on social media, pulling three girls into its path--Bryn, who wants to erase all memories of the mistake she made last summer; cheer captain Cora, who desperately wants to believe in her boyfriend's faithfulness; and shy Georgie, newly hot after a summer at fat camp and ready to reinvent herself--but who can stop a dangerous rumor once...
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Publisher
Harper Teen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 22 cm
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Tara just wants to be treated like any other girl at Ainsley Academy. That is, judged on her merits—not on her transness. But there’s no road map for being the first trans girl at an all-girls school. And when she tries to join the Sibyls, an old-fashioned Ainsley sisterhood complete with code names and special privileges, she’s thrust into the center of a larger argument about what girlhood means and whether the club should exist...
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Publisher
Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
515 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
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A behind-the-scenes look at the manipulative tactics Facebook used to grow its business, how it distorted the way we connect online, and the company insiders who found the courage to speak out.
11) The kill factor
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Publisher
Chicken House, Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
364 pages ; 22 cm
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A contestant on a brand-new game show offering young criminals the chance at freedom and a cash prize by winning over viewers, Emerson desperately needs the money to save her family, but little does she know that winning is her only chance at survival because losing means death.
12) The echo chamber
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
510 pages ; 20 cm
Description
"What a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass and plastic, fashioned into a sleek, shiny, precious object. At once, a gateway to other worlds--and a treacherous weapon in the hands of the unwary, the unwitting, the inept. The Cleverley family live a gilded life, little realising how precarious their privilege is, just one tweet away from disaster. George, the patriarch, is a stalwart of television interviewing, a 'national...
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