A new study conducted by researchers from Michigan State University suggests that the battle against online disinformation cannot be won by mere content moderation or banning those who spread fake news. Instead, the key lies in early and continuous education that teaches individuals to critically evaluate information and remain open to changing their minds. ...

Critical thinking education trumps banning and censorship in battle against disinformation, study suggests::A new study conducted by researchers from Michigan State University suggests that the battle against online disinformation cannot be won by mere content moderation or banning those who spread fake news. Instead, the key lies in early and continuous education that teaches individuals to critically evaluate information and remain open to changing their minds. …

  • Kungolicious@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    I’m sure this is an important article and all, but good god that title is confusing.

    Why are we always making titles like Yoda is saying it?

    • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Putting the attention-grabbing part first means people are more likely to keep reading after the first word or two. A sea of “Study suggests ____” or “Report states _____” won’t direct as many views to the stories the users are interested in reading. This is particularly true when the headline may be truncated by aggregator sites or mobile notifications but works for paper as well when parts might be hidden behind other items at a news stand.

  • Noodle07@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    But the people forcing censorship and bans have no interest in having people be more critical… Keeping them stupid and brainwashing them is the goal. This study misses the point

  • saxysammyp@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    I mean, the sentiment makes sense, but if the answer is to teach more kids to think critically, we have an uphill battle. Something tells me that republican legislatures are already very aware of this sentiment as evidenced by all of the book banning a we are seeing in states across the country.

    Honesty, in these dire circumstances, we need both tools.

    • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      I would like to see history tests no longer ask exact dates and instead ask WHY something happened. Why Japan chose to attack Pearl Harbor is a much more thought provoking question than what day Pearl Harbor got attacked.

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Yeah though I think filling in timelines of correlated events is also important as are certain time gaps or how short or long something was. Maybe the fact that cowboys and Victorians were Meji era, doesn’t need mentioned, but understanding that they were less than a lifetime away from the era of American piracy does give an understanding of how the colonialism that both were able to achieve with minimal losses using new industrial technology and how that influenced WWI.

  • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    I bet this will have an impact on the same crowd who insists upon abstinence-only sex education to prevent unintended pregnancy, they’re usually receptive to research and data.