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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