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.

  • Flying Squid
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    251 year ago

    I think a closer analogy would be “kids these days grow up with cars, why aren’t they all amateur mechanics?” Because you don’t have to know how a car works to drive one.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      Those are still related. Critical thinking has nothing to do at all with “using the Internet”.