Kids and Credibility
Findings from a survey of youthful Internet users that was designed to assess kids' beliefs about the credibility of online information. How well do children navigate the ocean of information that is available online? The enormous variety of Web-based resources represents both opportunities and chal...
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| description | Findings from a survey of youthful Internet users that was designed to assess kids' beliefs about the credibility of online information. How well do children navigate the ocean of information that is available online? The enormous variety of Web-based resources represents both opportunities and challenges for Internet-savvy kids, offering extraordinary potential for learning and social connection but little guidance on assessing the reliability of online information. This book reports on the first large-scale survey to examine children's online information-seeking strategies and their beliefs about the credibility of that information. This Web-based survey of 2,747 children, ages 11 to 18 (and their parents), confirms children's heavy reliance on the Internet. They are concerned about the credibility of online information, but 89 percent believe that “some” to “a lot” of it is believable; and, choosing among several options, they rate the Internet as the most believable information source for entertainment, commercial products, and schoolwork (more credible than books for papers or projects). Most have more faith information found on Wikipedia more than they say others should; and they consider an article on the Web site of Encyclopedia Britannica more believable than the identical article found on Wikipedia. Other findings show that children are appropriately skeptical of trusting strangers they meet online, but not skeptical enough about entertainment and health information found online. Older kids are more rigorous in their assessment of online information than younger ones; younger children are less analytical and more likely to be fooled. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-784952024-03-29T13:51:35Z Kids and Credibility Flanagin, Andrew J. Metzger, Miriam J. Impact of science and technology on society Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL) bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNV Educational equipment & technology, computer-aided learning (CAL) bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDR Impact of science & technology on society thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNV Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL) thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDR Impact of science and technology on society Findings from a survey of youthful Internet users that was designed to assess kids' beliefs about the credibility of online information. How well do children navigate the ocean of information that is available online? The enormous variety of Web-based resources represents both opportunities and challenges for Internet-savvy kids, offering extraordinary potential for learning and social connection but little guidance on assessing the reliability of online information. This book reports on the first large-scale survey to examine children's online information-seeking strategies and their beliefs about the credibility of that information. This Web-based survey of 2,747 children, ages 11 to 18 (and their parents), confirms children's heavy reliance on the Internet. They are concerned about the credibility of online information, but 89 percent believe that “some” to “a lot” of it is believable; and, choosing among several options, they rate the Internet as the most believable information source for entertainment, commercial products, and schoolwork (more credible than books for papers or projects). Most have more faith information found on Wikipedia more than they say others should; and they consider an article on the Web site of Encyclopedia Britannica more believable than the identical article found on Wikipedia. Other findings show that children are appropriately skeptical of trusting strangers they meet online, but not skeptical enough about entertainment and health information found online. Older kids are more rigorous in their assessment of online information than younger ones; younger children are less analytical and more likely to be fooled. 2022-02-21T15:09:52Z 2022-02-21T15:09:52Z 2010 book ONIX_20220221_9780262266581_15 9780262266581 9780262514750 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/78495 eng The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning image/jpeg n/a https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/8778.001.0001 The MIT Press The MIT Press 10.7551/mitpress/8778.001.0001 10.7551/mitpress/8778.001.0001 ae0cf962-f685-4933-93d1-916defa5123d 9780262266581 9780262514750 The MIT Press 154 Cambridge open access |
| spellingShingle | Impact of science and technology on society Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL) bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNV Educational equipment & technology, computer-aided learning (CAL) bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDR Impact of science & technology on society thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNV Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL) thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDR Impact of science and technology on society Flanagin, Andrew J. Metzger, Miriam J. Kids and Credibility |
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| topic | Impact of science and technology on society Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL) bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNV Educational equipment & technology, computer-aided learning (CAL) bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDR Impact of science & technology on society thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNV Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL) thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDR Impact of science and technology on society |
| topic_facet | Impact of science and technology on society Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL) bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNV Educational equipment & technology, computer-aided learning (CAL) bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDR Impact of science & technology on society thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNV Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL) thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDR Impact of science and technology on society |
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