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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.

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[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 58 points 1 year ago

Kind of a flawed way to do the study. "Why aren't people whose brains aren't done developing better at critical thinking than people whose brains are done developing?"

Do it longitudinally. Measure boomers now, then measure gen z when they're at the age boomers were when they were measured.

[-] Kethal@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Granted, I didn't read the study, but the question in the title is so silly. Do they think misinformation first appeared online? Why would anyone expect being online more would result in better ability to detect misinformation?

When I was a kid, there was no Internet. All of the misinformation was on TV and product labels. I learned it's misinformation from people explaining it. If you're young, you won't have the experience yet and if you're in a bubble, online or otherwise, you'll never gain the experience.

[-] fushuan@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I guess they think that being online means that you can quite easily search to see if that thing the TV host said is BS or not in 1 minute. What they didn't consider is that firms pay millions to create studies and then boost those in google so that the 1 minute search only return misinformation.

This is just my personal guess though.

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