Recent studies have shown teens are more susceptible than adults. It’s a problem researchers, teachers and parents are only beginning to understand.

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.

  • Xiaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I went to a public high school in the renaissance of MySpace and Angelfire and Geocities. My Current Events class was entirely breaking down political speech and recognizing the undercurrents. World History was as much about what happened but also how the situation developed, including a stint on understanding modern journalism through the development of Yellow Journalism.

    Public school can do exceptionally well if it’s actually funded like it’s supposed to be.

    • CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.orgEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      What’s the median income of the town the public school pulls funding from? I went to an exceptional public school, but it was a suburb of NYC and the median income from the sending districts was bananas.