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12/17/09

By Mac Montandon

Teaching New Media Literacy Can Help Youth Stay Safe Online

Spotlight talks to Anne Collier of NetFamilyNews about the myths and realities of online safety.

Filed in: Credibility

 
 

12/17/09

By Sarah Jackson

Study on Youth and Information Credibility

Select findings from a new study by Andrew J. Flanagin, professor in the department of communication, and Miriam Metzger, associate professor in the department of communication, University of California, Santa Barbara.

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12/17/09

By Barbara Ray

Creating Skeptics: Helping Students to Judge the Credibility of Online Content

Tips from “Digital Media, Youth, and Credibility,” edited by Andrew Flanagin and Miriam Metzger, a volume in the MacArthur Series on Digital Media and Learning.

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12/17/09

By Josh Karp

Kids Are Getting Better at Judging Online Content ... in Theory

Young people have a healthy degree of skepticism about the credibility of information they find on the internet, but they may need help applying it.

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11/16/09

By Barbara Ray

Babies with Superpowers—Ethics and the New Digital Media

The ethical promises and perils that online worlds create for youth—a summary of a new MacArthur Series report by Carrie James and Howard Gardner.