British communication regulator Ofcom a while ago, conducted an interesting research in regards to how the children react to fake news.In accordance with research data, the children get news information mainly from the TV as a medium 64%, followed by social media with 56%.British children, most frequently use the Facebook and Tweeter from the social media platfroms.
Children aged 12-15 years, recognize the YouTube platform as a brand to as high as 94%. While, 81% from the kids of all ages use this channel for watching video clips and other types of video content.What is significant for this research of the British regulator is the fact that a large number of the British children recognize the risk from false informing. Despite the fact that the children use Facebook, when they inform themselves they are much more precautious. In particular in regards to the trustworthiness of the information from this platform.
A high 73% of the elder children are aware of the “fake news”. Significant 86% of the children aged 12-15 years, have ran a check on certain article/news regardless of the initial source that they read it from. It is interesting to underline, that in order to confirm the authenticity of the news, they were reading and following the chats/comments. 46% of the children claim that it was hard to say whether the news was the social media is correct and true. 6 out of 10 children are ready to take an action in order to determine a fake news.
The research data of the British regulator is of great value, speaking of the importance of integrating the media literacy in the educational process, from the very beginning.
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