One of the challenges with teaching media literacy is making sure it addresses the content young people encounter, which is increasingly video based. Teaching them to fact-check headlines isn't much use when they never encounter them in their daily media diet. - ThreadSky

eliothiggins.bsky.social • 185 days ago

One of the challenges with teaching media literacy is making sure it addresses the content young people encounter, which is increasingly video based. Teaching them to fact-check headlines isn't much use when they never encounter them in their daily media diet.

Reposted from Conrad Hackett

NEW: Where the teens are
YouTube 90%
TikTok 63%
Instagram 61%
Snapchat 55%
Facebook 32% (down from 71%)
WhatsApp 23%
X 17% (down from 33%)
Reddit 14%
Threads 6%
report: www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...

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susiecc.bsky.social•185 days ago

I just blanket say factcheck any "fact" on social media. Think I am becoming a royal pain in the as*. Not deterred! Over holidays, lessons on HOW to factcheck.😎

coridauber.bsky.social•185 days ago

The problem is that visuals and words are processed differently. (And stills and moving images.) You can’t just say “media literacy.”

nudaydawns.bsky.social•185 days ago

Who will carry on Bill Wither's Schoolhouse Rock Legacy? Think of the teaching and learning opportunities!

buckleup36.bsky.social•185 days ago

📌

guiri99.bsky.social•185 days ago

There is also a framing. Newspaper reading used to be an explicit attempt to get news. Online news sites are still oriented towards this (with clickbait). Now awareness of events is not explicit and sneaks in via opinion sites, influencers, soft ball interviews, etc. Very much NOT journalists.

tordenskjoldcph.bsky.social•185 days ago

📌

francesconicoli.bsky.social•185 days ago

Just today i got approached on whatsapp by an anonymous account offering money to like youtube videos. P

digitaldiatribes.bsky.social•185 days ago

To me the interesting thing about (most) Westerners worried about disinfo is how they 1. spread it themselves, 2. Do not ever question State run OR commercial MSM narratives, 3. Actively encourage other people to do the same.

digitaldiatribes.bsky.social•185 days ago

In regard to what you shared:

I really, really hope, all the smart well paid experts aren't just figuring that out in the year 2024.

excannbiz.bsky.social•185 days ago

We're so screwed. Nothing is a reliable source of facts and reliable information. Just fluff and hype. ugly times ahead

bluesabriel.bsky.social•185 days ago

My daughter will occasionally insist something is true (like there's a sequel to something coming out, etc.) because a friend said they saw a trailer or something online. 99% of the time we trace it back to a YouTube video someone made that the kid didn't understand was fake or a fan creation.

rainyknits.bsky.social•185 days ago

Thumbnails are the new version of headlines and the need is just as real.

tpo-asd.bsky.social•185 days ago

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limelightonyou.bsky.social•185 days ago

“Why Johnny Can’t Read”

suezw.bsky.social•185 days ago

Yeah, that was an interesting time.
Texting has meant that there is a massive incentive for children to learn to read, but their attention span is driven to a vanishing point.
Pro tip: do not send a message containing more than 2 ideas, 2 sentences or more than 25 characters to a young person.

limelightonyou.bsky.social•185 days ago

My personal phone tries to text in 5 languages at the same time. 🤣

I’m getting rid of it soon.

limelightonyou.bsky.social•185 days ago

I can’t stand texting anymore. I enjoy writing here, but I prefer telephone conversations with my friends and family.

They don’t get it. I don’t really care anymore.

A telephone conversation gets to the meat of the matter. Texting just avoids the matter.

suezw.bsky.social•185 days ago

My impression of texting is that it prolongs the discourse more than a phone call would last. And half of that is hanging around waiting for something to be said. You've already been interrupted by that point.
I don't use it except to find my SO in a shopping centre!

limelightonyou.bsky.social•185 days ago

LOL 😆 Texting back and forth sucks.

I’m Old School.

sweetdewtw.bsky.social•185 days ago

I always relied on YouTube for my studies but you have to make sure the information is not biased.

stealthbadger.net•185 days ago

I despair at the fact that the most impactful content media of today are also the least information dense. 😭

Then again, since the invention of radio it has always been this way. Hell, since the invention of the pamphlet versus the book.

realmikemorin.bsky.social•185 days ago

This is incredibly interesting to me. It sure helps me understand my teenage grandkids better😎. Thanks for sharing.

artimparato.bsky.social•185 days ago

When Trump takes office, what will we do about it?

We won’t shut up.

We won’t retreat from the news.

We won’t lose our ability to be outraged.

We won’t be duped by a fake “crisis” that serves as a pretext to send the military against American citizens and turn our country into a police state.

lbuschmann.bsky.social•185 days ago

@freepressunltd.bsky.social Interesting insights

bawl.bsky.social•185 days ago

The issue isn't understanding that media literacy applies to all media (print, TV, internet) but the apathy and laziness. I can't tell you how many people will tell me a lie and when I correct them the response is often "I heard it from 50 different people... there must be something to it."

mellonhead.bsky.social•185 days ago

They can never cite an actual source. They just heard or read it "somewhere". I can't try any more with these people. 😬

bawl.bsky.social•185 days ago

That is why Republicans consistently win. They have built the biggest echo chamber to make sure every rumor, inuendo, spin and talking point they want gets repeated often enough that they become the reality for many.

mellonhead.bsky.social•185 days ago

I wonder if truth will ever recover. 😪
I am SO TIRED of having to research everything I read.

skyey.bsky.social•185 days ago

Does BlueSky need to market itself to tweens’ makeup-tutorialist and 1 second dance videos to gain the under-30 audience? (Insert sarcasm emoji)

onebluecat.bsky.social•185 days ago

GOOGLE allows 5 people on your account with their family plan.

IF Google changed that rule, I think that statistic might PLUMMET.

My MAGA father is more addicted to YouTube than a teenager.

Like to see THAT statistic.

boredaardvark.bsky.social•185 days ago

Needs more details about what they are suing it for. YouTube could be their news source, but they could also be looking up how to fix a broken phone, or knit a cute octopus.

boredaardvark.bsky.social•185 days ago

Using not suing. Although more suing of YouTube might be good.

iustitia100.bsky.social•185 days ago

From my experience, Youtube is for catching up on the news, commentary of all types about issues of interest, and entertainment. That is one experience.

boredaardvark.bsky.social•185 days ago

I just assume all the news stuff is misinformation and uninformed opinions and use it for finding out how to do stuff, stretches and exercises for whatever bit of me is falling apart this week and being nostalgic about 1980s music/movies.

jefffeldstein.bsky.social•184 days ago

Assign students a Feedly account, set up a specific RSS lineup, and suggest they follow that to get a sense of what’s happening. Make that lineup as diverse as possible. Encourage them to compare outlooks. Include some fun feeds too.

bpasour.bsky.social•185 days ago

This argument applies equally well to retirees mainlining Fox News (or cable news in general). It seems clear that video content just can't promote critical thinking in the same way as reading.

paksmees.bsky.social•185 days ago

I teach a bit media literacy inside civics. Have tried to teach it so that it also can be applied on video materialist for some years... Younger people don't read for while now and the videos and pictures have dominated for a while.

heytallgirl.bsky.social•185 days ago

📌

stevieinselby.bsky.social•185 days ago

YouTube videos do at least have a headline...

hawksland.bsky.social•185 days ago

The future doesn’t bode well

sferrara.bsky.social•185 days ago

I think we need to frame this as argumentation and debate. Let's teach Aristotle--the fallacies, what constitutes evidence. How to evaluate evidence (Hooray Google Scholar!). Essentially--critical thinking skills. Students need a frame of reference; they need to understand rhetorical structure.

cerebralpaul.bsky.social•185 days ago

Shoot, if the last 10 years has taught us anything it's that critical thinking has given way to confirmation bias.

glasnostgone.bsky.social•185 days ago

Good to see Moscow Musk's X doing badly. Respect to the "young people."

gwynethm.bsky.social•185 days ago

Bluesky reported safe from teens

ptitcombjr.bsky.social•185 days ago

We’re a deeply unserious, and ignorant nation.

acl01.bsky.social•185 days ago

While I don't imagine Bluesky is very attractive to the youth it's good to see popularity of Twitter tank in that demographic.

shonanchris.bsky.social•185 days ago

My 17 year old only does IG but almost none of his friends are not on Facebook or Elon’s shit box. He said those are for old people and “boomers”

Thanks son

mellonhead.bsky.social•185 days ago

#MediaLiteracy