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.

  • amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    I think that I’m better simply because of my early exposure to the internet (as this article assumes would be true of the next generation). I think the difference is in how the internet is being presented to children now versus a decade ago. Many kids today can hardly install an application to a computer, I believe because they see technology as just a part of life to take or leave, not the “exciting new thing”.

    Why try to use a computer when you can use a chromebook, and now that the internet is so cushy, lets click some links!

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      1 year ago

      I take your point, and it’s a good one, but I’m also a pedantic ass, so I just wanted to say that a Chromebook is a computer. I know I’m sorry I’ll show myself out

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        1 year ago

        Lmao true, the reliance on the cloud and inability to install applications makes them feel like an entirelty different machine.