Much research has been done on credibility and new media, but little of it focuses on users younger than college students. Media sources, credibility, and perceptions of science. Sponsored by the yale programs in international educational resources pier perspective matters. Credibility of health information and digital media tspace. Today, social media use is nearly universal among teens. Toward a theoretical framework for digital age information. Henry jenkins from the massachusetts institute of technology is developing a new framework and models for media literacy. It is, therefore, critical that you understand the basics of ethical research and how this might affect your research project. This is the principle of voluntary engagement of the youth. Articles included in the journal represent the most current research and insights of the. They discuss such topics as the credibility of health information online, how to teach credibility assessment, and public policy solutions. Secondly, there is a growing disconnection between the normative ideal of an informed citizen and the complex influences on perception of news credibility in the digital era.
Users can create content, and anything created in this digital life becomes instantly replicable and viewable by vast invisible audiences. Metzger toward a cognitive developmental approach to youth perceptions of credibility matthew s. Credibility online has become an important topic since the mid1990s. It is also becoming increasingly important to understand what contributes to scientific learning, including information sources and trust in those sources. The majority of documents that can be found on the internet, however, lack such. Digital media is seen by many scholars as having a role in arab spring, and crackdowns on the use of digital and social media by embattled governments are increasingly common. Eastin, gunther eysenbach, brian hilligoss, frances jacobson harris, r.
Biological components of substance abuse and addiction 1993, by united states congress office of technology assessment pdf files at princeton. Home conferences cpr proceedings sigmiscpr 15 youth, information quality, and fitness information within social media. Building the distributed library 2006, by martha l. An empirical examination of youth, digital media use, and information credibility by andrew j. Toward a theoretical framework for digital age information behavior of youth. Macarthur foundation series on digital media and learning. In addition, the persuasive technology lab 3 at stanford university has. Support a digital and media literacy dml youth corps to bring digital and media literacy to underserved communities and special populations via public libraries, museums and other community centers.
What we might learn from digital natives john palfrey and urs gasser. Digital youth work can happen in facetoface situations as well as in online environments or in a. A call for the enhanced in the digital rights discourse. Digital media, youth, and credibility cambridge, ma. Sydney valerio, north rockland high school, english language arts, tenth grade, allow for a three to five days project time frame. Perhaps the most important cue for youthboth in the search context as well as with.
First, young people as a group are using media, and digital media in particular, more than ever before. Flanagin pdf files with commentary at mit press from media hype to twitter storm. This is because the web has increasingly become an information resource. Digital anddigi media literacy a white paper by renee hobbs a plan of action. We have the choice in how we use online technology and digital media. Knowledge about science and technology has become increasingly important in this age of digital information overload. Thirdly, there is a tension between ideal of trust and the push for greater consumer scepticism in the age of fake news. But these efforts, as substantial as they are, even if they are. Macarthur foundation series on digital learning digital media, youth, and credibility miriam j. The report was uploaded to an online map using global positioning system gps coordinates. Teens social media habits and experiences pew research. Embracing powerlessness in pursuit of digital resilience.
The positive and negative effects of social networking sites on students studying and habits were examined in this research. Credibility of health information and digital media. Have the digital habits of youth robbed them of the. In maroantsetra, madagascar, young people participating in a voices of youth maps workshop capture a report about their environment. Flanagin pdf files with commentary at mit press contexts and contributions. The effects of social networking sites on students.
Toward a theoretical framework for digital age information behavior of youth welcome to the ideals repository. Burbules63 has suggested that because information is presented in a similar format on web. Technologys impact on the creative potential of youth. Amid growing concern over social medias impact and influence on todays youth, a new pew research center survey of u. In addition, the persuasive technology lab 3 at stanford university has studied web credibility and proposed the principal components of online credibility and a general.
Although this population group has widespread adoption of the internet and social media, they. Social media is important to communicate with people, shareask information, and followevaluateinterpret the events, etc. Mit press 2007 in press to be published by mit press end of 2007. Global youth in the digital age 20 yale pier summer institute. James gee from the university of wisconsin at madison is designing and developing innovative game modules, curricula, and tools for media literacy. Flanagin and miriam metzger with ethan hartsell, alex markov, ryan medders, rebekah pure, and elisia choi new digital media and learning as an emerging area and worked examples as one way forward by james paul gee. Macarthur foundation in connection with its grant making initiative on digital media and learning. This is especially important if your research involves inter. The technology, engineering, and design education journal, volume xiv, is the result of the contributions of numerous technology, engineering, and design education professionals. Parents and educators have the space and opportunity to have conversations with kids about social media, their behavior on it, and the pros and cons of a digital footprint. Youth, information quality, and fitness information within social media. However, todays media, government, and educational institutions are still grappling with how to better prepare youth and adults for living in the global village, where content is now easily accessible and virtually limitless. Technologys impact on the creative potential of youth jim rubin a a union college available online.
Young people do consume news in social media with a little help from their friends. Specifically, participants in the study were asked to view 1 of 3 mock pages that varied the recency with which tweets were posted and then to report on their perceived source credibility of the page owner. Jamaica winter 2008articleshome reading promoting motivation. Social media and credibility indicators computers in. Guided by the main model, this study examines how individuals evaluate the source credibility of tweets and retweets based on noncontent attributes. Youth from different backgrounds and classes and parts of cairo were all marching together calling for freedom, and i guess the rest was history, mosaab elshamy, a student in cairo, said. Indeed, youth respondents have reported that the internet is their primary source of general information, even if the credibility of such information is difficult to determine. Digital life describes the media world that our kids inhabit 247 online, on mobile phones and other devices, and anywhere media is displayed. The more, though, that weve delved into this, the more we realized of course, that part of what makes the. Use it irresponsibly and face the consequences whether legal or social. The use of digital media by adolescents living in outofhome care raises safeguarding and riskmanagement concerns, creating challenges for practitioners in how to. Voices of youth maps is an online platform that utilizes digital mapping and media to engage and empower young people. All citizens need the process skills of media literacy to be.
Once again, social media is social currency for young people. Flanagin pdf files with commentary at mit press filed under. Social media are increasingly being used as an information source, including information related to risks and crises. Perhaps the most important cue for youth both in the search context as well as with. News explosions and their impact on issues, crises, and public opinion amsterdam. Ethical considerations t he consideration of ethics in research, and in general business for that matter, is of growing importance.
Unparalleled opportunity and unprecedented responsibility. Many governments restrict access to digital media in some way, either to prevent obscenity or in. Youth, information quality, and fitness information within. The current study examines how pieces of information available in social media impact perceptions of source credibility. Digital media, youth, and credibility the mit press. Sns, like all media, depend on loyal followers for their existence. A proposed theory about youth heuristics associated with digital media leads to a list of quality criteria that includes utility, importance, relevance, believability, popularity, etc. Young people, ethics, and the new digital media this report was made possible by grants from the john d.
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