Bradley Steffens
Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Social media outlets can strengthen ties between friends and family, but they can also be used for nefarious purposes—from inciting insurrection to shaming, bullying, and spreading hatred. Using personal stories, academic studies, and current events, this book explores the ways in which social media platforms are empowering dark forces to tear at the fabric of society.
Author
Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Examining the lives of four great artists—Osamu Tezuka, Hayao Miyazaki, Akira Toriyama, and Hajime Isayama—this book explores the history, innovations, techniques, and themes of Japanese anime. Readers also discover how the artists overcame various obstacles—including poverty, illness, self-doubt, and rejection—before ultimately finding success in their field.
Author
Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"According to the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 4.4 million people age twelve or older meet the diagnostic criteria cannabis use disorder, a figure that corresponds to 1.6 percent of the US population. Cannabis use disorder is not the only risk associated with marijuana use. Marijuana users also have a higher incidence of memory impairment, anxiety disorders, social development problems, psychosis, and suicide than the non-using population...
Author
Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020].
Description
"Social media addiction is a behavioral addiction similar to gambling disorder, gaming addiction, and shopping addiction. A behavioral addiction is a mental health condition in which a person repeatedly engages in a particular behavior, even if the behavior causes them harm"--
Author
Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Social media brings friends and family closer together, but it brings criminals and victims closer together, too. False memes, ads, posts, and pictures are damaging the reputations of individuals, businesses, and even political leaders. Fake accounts are launching scams that lead to hacks and even ransom demands. [This book] . . . presents a realistic picture of what is happening on social media, who's most affected, and what is being done to address...
7) J.K. Rowling
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomson/Gale
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Examines the personal life and professional career of the author of the best-selling Harry Potter novels.