Kids and credibility : an empirical examination of youth, digital media use, and information credibility / Andrew J. Flanagin and Miriam Metzger ; with Ethan Hartsell ... [et al.].
2010
HQ799.2.M35 F57 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Kids and credibility : an empirical examination of youth, digital media use, and information credibility / Andrew J. Flanagin and Miriam Metzger ; with Ethan Hartsell ... [et al.].
Author
Flanagin, Andrew J.
ISBN
9780262514750 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0262514753 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0262514753 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2010.
Language
English
Description
xviii, 135 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Call Number
HQ799.2.M35 F57 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
302.23/10835
Summary
Overview: How well do children navigate the ocean of information that is available online? The enormous variety of Web-based resources represents both opportunities and challenges for Internet-savvy kids, offering extraordinary potential for learning and social connection but little guidance on assessing the reliability of online information. This book reports on the first large-scale survey to examine children's online information-seeking strategies and their beliefs about the credibility of that information. This Web-based survey of 2,747 children, ages 11 to 18 (and their parents), confirms children's heavy reliance on the Internet. They are concerned about the credibility of online information, but 89 percent believe that "some" to "a lot" of it is believable; and, choosing among several options, they rate the Internet as the most believable information source for entertainment, commercial products, and schoolwork (more credible than books for papers or projects). Most have more faith information found on Wikipedia more than they say others should; and they consider an article on the Web site of Encyclopedia Britannica more believable than the identical article found on Wikipedia. Other findings show that children are appropriately skeptical of trusting strangers they meet online, but not skeptical enough about entertainment and health information found online. Older kids are more rigorous in their assessment of online information than younger ones; younger children are less analytical and more likely to be fooled.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Metzger, Miriam J.
Hartsell, Ethan.
Hartsell, Ethan.
Series
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning.
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Table of Contents
Series foreword
Executive summary
Acknowledgments
Rationale and overview
Research approach
Overview
Survey methodology
Sample characteristics
Research findings
Internet usage among youth
Perceived trust and credibility of web-based information
Factors affecting children's credibility evaluations
Child/parent dyads and credibility assessments
Web site exposure and evaluation
Conclusions and implications
Summary
Implications and future directions
Conclusion
Appendix A: List of tables and figures
Appendix B: Knowledge networks methodology and panel
Recruitment
Notes
References.
Executive summary
Acknowledgments
Rationale and overview
Research approach
Overview
Survey methodology
Sample characteristics
Research findings
Internet usage among youth
Perceived trust and credibility of web-based information
Factors affecting children's credibility evaluations
Child/parent dyads and credibility assessments
Web site exposure and evaluation
Conclusions and implications
Summary
Implications and future directions
Conclusion
Appendix A: List of tables and figures
Appendix B: Knowledge networks methodology and panel
Recruitment
Notes
References.