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Age and news gullibility

2018-10-24 15:12:10.615174+00 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Yep, digital literacy is a thing: Older People Are Worse Than Young People at Telling Fact from Opinion:

The research tacks against the idea that younger people who are extremely online (or “digital savvy,” in Pew’s terms) might be more exposed and/or more susceptible to misinformation. But the real correlation with poor performance is exposure to television news, which has fallen off among young people but remains very high among older people. This shouldn’t be surprising, if we consider the evolution of American media over the past 60 years. Someone born in 1958, now 60, witnessed two revolutions in media before the internet: talk radio and 24-hour cable news. Both blended facts and opinions in new and unprecedented ways, and they matured with the cohort of Americans who are now over the age of 50.

Pew: Younger Americans are better than older Americans at telling factual news statements from opinions.

American Press Institute: How younger and older Americans understand and interact with news.

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