2021
DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2021.1897876
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Students Evaluating and Corroborating Digital News

Abstract: In this study, we investigate how 2,216 Swedish upper secondary school students' performances of sourcing, evaluating evidence, and corroborating digital news relate to their background, educational orientation attitudes, and self-rated skills. We used a combined online survey and performance test to investigate students' abilities to evaluate online news. Findings confirm and challenge previous research results about civic online reasoning. The most prominent effect on performance is the appreciation of credi… Show more

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“…What has been noted in media and information literacy research is that pupils often struggle to separate credible from misleading digital multimodal information [12,14]. Even individuals with proficient news media knowledge may struggle to evaluate evidence online [17,43].…”
Section: Educational Interventions To Support Fact-checking In a Post-truth Eramentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…What has been noted in media and information literacy research is that pupils often struggle to separate credible from misleading digital multimodal information [12,14]. Even individuals with proficient news media knowledge may struggle to evaluate evidence online [17,43].…”
Section: Educational Interventions To Support Fact-checking In a Post-truth Eramentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Building resilience to fake news requires navigating online information in new ways and with the support of digital tools, similar to the methods used by professional factcheckers [7][8][9]. Because new technology makes it hard to see the difference between a fake and a real video [10] or to distinguish a misleading image in a tweet from a credible one [11], teenagers often struggle to determine the credibility of images and videos when these are presented in deceptive ways [12][13][14]. Citizens need a combination of digital knowledge, attitudes, and skills to navigate the complicated digital world of post-truth, as highlighted by theories of media and information literacy, such as transliteracy [15] and technocognition [8].…”
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