Teens learn a new conspiracy theory every week on social media, yet most schools aren't teaching media literacy
Maybe on occasion, like when you flip through TV channels and land on an episode of Ancient Aliens. Or perhaps when a friend from high school shares a questionable meme on Facebook. How confident are you in your ability to tell fact from fiction? If you’re a teen, you could be exposed to conspiracy theories and a host of other pieces of misinformation as frequently as every day while scrolling through your social media feeds. That’s according to a new study by the News Literacy Project, which al...
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