Kids and Credibility: An Empirical Examination of Youth, Digital Media Use, and Information Credibility by Miriam J. Metzger, Andrew J. Flanagin (Paperback, 2010)
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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Publisher
Alex Markov, Elisia Choi, Ryan Medders, Ethan Hartsell, Rebekah Pure, MIT Press Ltd
ISBN-13
9780262514750
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94782169
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Subject Area
Educational Technology
Author
Miriam J. Metzger, Andrew J. Flanagin
Publication Name
Kids and Credibility: An Empirical Examination of Youth, Digital Media Use, and Information Credibility
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Science
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
154 Pages
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Item Height
203mm
Item Width
137mm
Item Weight
204g
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Title_Author
Miriam J. Metzger, Andrew J. Flanagin
Series Title
The John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning