They’ve grown up online. So why are our kids not better at detecting misinformation?::Recent studies have shown teens are more susceptible than adults. It’s a problem researchers, teachers and parents are only beginning to understand.

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      1 year ago

      Critical thinking is not the same as being immersed in a medium. This article conflates the two.

      There maybe a correlation at some level, because you cant critically think about a medium without any exposure.

      Especially early adopters might have more critical thinking skills, in general, because they seek out new things and aren’t subject to everyone just having a phone. Thinking the status quo isn’t good enough or could be better is a critical thought.

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        There maybe a correlation at some level, because you cant critically think about a medium without any exposure.

        On the flip side, there is also a counter correlation. Younger people do not have a lifetime of background memories to compare things to. If they hear a politician is “corrupt”, they have little idea how it compares to others on the scale between grave and trivial. And if judging if a president is good or bad, they don’t know how to compare them to previous presidents.

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          Absolutely.

          The US does not teach much critical thinking, as another poster pointed out. We de-emphasize the humanities and make STEM rote memorization based.

          Why they think kids should just be better at it than grown adults idk