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.

  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    But if you thought that native fluency in the worlds of Wi-Fi and social media was an inoculation against the misinformation spreading across the digital world, you’d be…

    …an idiot. What does “knowing how to use the Internet” have to do with “knowing how to spot bullshit?”

    This is like thinking “kids these days grow up with cars, why aren’t they better at math now?”

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      1 year ago

      I think a closer analogy would be “kids these days grow up with cars, why aren’t they all amateur mechanics?” Because you don’t have to know how a car works to drive one.

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        1 year ago

        Those are still related. Critical thinking has nothing to do at all with “using the Internet”.

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      1 year ago

      Also teens aren’t really known for being the most rational or making good decisions. In many ways they’re still learning about the world. Comparing their overall capability to adults’ is kind of weird to me