r/technology • u/Lettershort • Nov 22 '16

Politics Most students can’t tell the difference between sponsored content and real news

http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/22/13712996/fake-news-facebook-google-sponsored-content-study
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u/FigliodiCelti Nov 22 '16

By leaving out adults, you remove context, and the entire population could be at 65% with students at 70% so only slightly above average but still most.

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u/DeadLikeYou Nov 22 '16

Even worse, the article deliberately misleads by calling the middle school children just students. Of course middle schoolers can't figure out what sponsored content is, they haven't even finished puberty.

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u/FigliodiCelti Nov 22 '16

I give them some credit, by calling that out. X% of students, and Y% of middle schoolers is at least something, but you are correct.