What's the only thing that's worse than
fake education news?
Not exact matches
Along with advocating for better
education in schools regarding reading the
news, Cook says that companies like Apple have to do their part to walk the line between preventing
fake news and censoring free speech.
The issue of blatantly false (or at least extremely embellished)
news stories has gotten so bad, that researchers at Stanford's Graduate School of
Education call it «a threat to democracy» after a «dismaying» study found that most American students can't tell the difference between which headlines are real and which ones are
fake.
The growth of digital media is also shaping today's civics
education, as more schools try to address emerging issues like
fake news and the influence of social media on politics.
«By bringing together the greatest minds and authorities on
fake news and
education, the new parliamentary commission gives us a fantastic opportunity to make the case for critical literacy to sit at the heart of our
education system.»
A good place to start engaging students on the topic of «
fake news» is a study published by the Stanford History
Education Group.The study confirmed that students are generally weak evaluators of
news and other information they see online.
If public
education is ever going to meet the needs of low - income students, ideas for change must get beyond the constant war of words fueled by advocacy journalism, partisan blogging and
fake news.
Testimony before the New Jersey State Board of
Education January 3, 2018 By Patricia Tumulty, Executive Director New Jersey Library AssociationIf there is a two word phrase that we heard over and over again in 2017, it was «
fake news.»
Lacking the ability to hack polling stations, they push»
fake»
news, knowing how gullible a majority of American citizens are, hence large numbers of low
education deplorables vote Trump, instead of the obviously enlightened choice of Hillary.
Maybe «
fake news» is a blip as we adjust to the information age; the equivalent of a toddler acting out, before the age matures, and before we've constructed systems of
education and media consumption that are appropriate for the Information Age and the Anthropocene.
To fight
fake news and election interference, Facebook will require the admins of popular Facebook Pages and advertisers buying political or «issue» ads on «debated topics of national legislative importance» like
education or abortion to verify their identity and location.
The only robust defense against
fake news is
education — so citizens as a whole have the inclination and tools to check their sources of information.