Media Illiterate Are U.S. Students

Can you find the difference between articles whether they are real of not? A Standford University study asked middle schoolers to determine if links on Slate’s homepage were ads or articles. They picked a real article and a sponsored ad, where it was clearly mentioned statement Sponsored Content. More than 80% thought that displaying ads are real article, despite the word sponsored.
A link was used to an IBM ad that was designed to look like a real article. Sarah Mcgrew – Standford University says, we were so surprised by how much students struggled. Even adults struggle to identify sponsored content, which is may be why it’s increasing in prevalence. If you arrive at a site that you don’t recognize or you get emailed something that you do not know that who is behind this information. Just asking that question alone would help a lot of people out.
A lot of student responses went on and on about how much evidence was provided by that post, which in fact did not provide any. With a fake news becoming a political fighting term, the need for media literacy is growing. Libraries and education organizations are responding with new curricula.
High school students assessed the credibility of the image, Fukushima Nuclear Flowers. This is what happens when flowers get nuclear birth defects. Less than 20% of them questioned the source. 

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