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Feb 15, 2018 · ARTICLES & RESEARCH. Smart, succinct, readable articles about fake news and how to help young people spot it. Click here or scroll for excellent articles and research studies about fake news. Use in these classroom or for background information for your own learning.
Feb 1, 2022 · Children, it turns out, are ripe targets for fake news. Age 14 is when kids often start believing in unproven conspiratorial ideas, according to a study published in September 2021 in the...
- How Social Media Spreads False Information
- How Echo Chambers Spread Misinformation
- How Design Impacts The Way Misinformation Spreads
From sock puppet accounts to scam ads, social media can help spread misinformation to thousands if not millions of people at once. Unfortunately, social media algorithms make it so any interaction helps the content reach more people. Angry reactions on Facebook or comments calling a post out as false only helps the poster reach more people. This is...
‘Echo chambers’ is a term used to describe the experience of only seeing one type of content. Essentially, the more someone engages with the content, the more likely they are to see similar content. So, if a child interacts with an influencer spreading misogyny, they will see more similar content. If they interact with that content, then they see m...
In a Risky-by-Design case study from the 5Rights Foundation, the following design features also contributed to misinformation spreading online.
Here's a breakdown of the two distinct types of fake news articles for kids: Misinformation is false or misleading information that is shared without the intent to mislead or deceive people. It is often not done deliberately and can be shared because an individual or group believes that the information they are sharing is true. Disinformation.
- Stop before you click. Studies show that people are much more likely to click on a headline or share a post if it makes them feel happy, angry, or excited.
- Go to the source. Children might not be glued to the daily news, but they’ve probably absorbed some conflicting information. If your child feels confused—and who wouldn’t?—
- Fact-check suspicious stories. Young people don’t always know not to believe everything they read. Here are a few easy tricks that kids can use to tell if a far-fetched story could be a hoax, a wild conspiracy theory, or misinformation.
- Know how to spot propaganda. Throughout history, propaganda has followed a tried-and-true formula that’s surprisingly simple yet remarkably effective—and at times, very destructive.
Jun 26, 2017 · Young people get a huge amount of their news from social media feeds, where false, exaggerated or sponsored content is often prevalent. With the right tools, caregivers can give kids the...
Mar 29, 2017 · A recent study showed that on social media, fake news, defined as deliberately falsified news articles created to drive clicks, was shared over 35 million times during our most recent...
