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how do you teach a teenager to 'not take things at face value' without inserting your own opinion about news that's fake? 'look at this fake news asserting A..

• SNACKeR99 7y ago
  I think it's best to let the student decide what's fake. It's better to analyze how the same story can be presented in vastly different ways, or with a different emphasis to further an agenda, even if neither is fake. The same can be done with data visualizations.
• vezycash 7y ago
  Critical thinking is good. Building the 30 seconds habit of verifying stuff online is better for fake news. And it's teachable. Regularly mix in half truths or outright lies and see who challenges you. Check a few classes later for who verified the claims. Do this often enough and at least 1% will bite. Lastly, the habit of reading for pleasure is a natural fake news antidote. Over time, a person who reads widely will build enough expertise to spot rubbish. Example, in unknown territories, I could be as gullible as my grandmother. Yet, it's very easy for me to spot wrong, misleading results on Google's search results and articles - in areas where I'm well read. I've told my younger bro that his MBA professor's wrong about in one area or another. Since I don't have an MBA, he'll naturally discount my position. He'll however, agree with me a few month's later, when another professor or sometimes the same prof backs up my claim. Summary: Cultivate the hacker's love of boundry-less learning in kids.