The 2024 study of the Newsletter Project revealed that 82 % of young people struggle to distinguish news, advertising, feedback and entertainment.
New research suggests that young people spend all their time online
Pew Reich conducted a survey between 13 to 17 years to find out how much time he spent online. Spilller Alert: Almost all.
It is not important to say that social media has dramatically changed the landscape of the news, and most citizens reduce the conversation on the battlefield.
Young people, who spend most of their lives online, are thrown into this complex world without the tools needed to invalidate the facts and conspiracy theories.
According to today, adults under the age of 30 are likely to rely on social media information as much as national news, Pew Research Center.
Since I look forward to athletes around the world for the 2028 Olympics in my hometown of Los Angeles, I wonder if you should dalling online rumors and falsehoods in competitive sports. Like removing an excellent score on a balance beam or setting track and field records, learning to recognize false information and finding reliable sources take training, skills and exercises.
Data on the literacy of young people and news is alarming. Social media is not helping.
I am a gentleman who devotes important investment to improving public K-12 education, but I initially deprived of how to criticize social media and news for the development of our youth. Is Although I focused on the basic principles of traditional education such as mathematics and English language skills, the use of social media in early school age children
This reduces the ability to analyze young people. The study of 2024 By the News Literacy ProjectAn unintentional non -profit organization that helps teachers to bring news in the classroom, revealed that 82 % of young people have struggled to distinguish news, advertisements, feedback and entertainment.
We know that social media is contaminated with conspiracy theories.
American teenage people face such harmful lies daily. The news of the News Literacy Project shows 8 out of 10 on social media say they look at posts that promote conspiracy theories, and a overwhelming majority that reports this content (81 %) says they have a more Are inclined to believe.
The dangerous thing is that the report also found that young people involved in the survey believe that journalists do more harm to democracy.
Schools need to teach media literacy
These results act as a fast weekend call. But they also show us the way forward.
A tremendous majority of adolescents – 94 % – Says schools should need to teach media literacy. And the media is more likely to check the facts before posting the literacy lessons on social media, when they see it, they withdraw against the wrong information and find reliable news. –
Guarantee of News Literacy Education-The ability to check the facts through numerous standards based resources and find reliable means-it is important to ensure that the leaders of our nation’s next generation of truth are reality. The power to detect.
Gentlemen have a unique opportunity to unlock this ability. By investing in newsletter, we can empower the next generation not only to participate in urban life but also to guide it with integrity and insight.
This is a two -way opportunity to create meaningful public/private partnerships for donors and the government. Includes Florida, Texas, Illinois and California States that have signed legislation To bring news literacy in the classrooms. Even more states – blue and red are the same To consider similar steps.
It is my hope that as long as the world gathers in Los Angeles for the 2028 Olympics, all 50 states will legislate, recognizing the importance of news literacy. We need Olympic sized commitment to teach media literacy in our classrooms all over the United States.
This will establish gold standard for the rest of the world. More importantly, this will put young people, our future leaders on the podium over lies and muds that drag our public conversation.
Melania is a member of the Lund Coast. She is a proud graduate of Los Angeles Unified Public Schools and served as a board member News Literacy ProjectAn unintentional non -profit.
