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.

  • btaf45@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • minusthink@lemm.eeEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      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