Stanford University: most students find it difficult to distinguish the network information and false-IT information
Teenage young man is enthusiastic about social networks, but the latest report shows that people do not have the ability to assess the accuracy and reliability of the content.
7,804 students at Stanford University, and conducted a survey of college students, found that 82% of junior high school students cannot distinguish between "sponsored content" and real news. The study results will be released on Tuesday, is so far one of the largest surveys on youth access to online information. Many students judge the credibility of Twitter News is largely based on the content, and whether there is the big picture, instead of focusing on news sources.
Writing a Bank Executive claimed that young should need more help on financial planning. Over 2/3 students think it is credible. Photo on a photo-sharing Web site claims that monstrous Daisy photo shows that the Japan radiation crisis at the Fukushima. Close to 40% 's high school students think it is credible, even if this photo has no source or location information.
Facebook and Google is owned by Alphabet to take measures to stop the spread of false news Web site using their advertising platform. Twitter is combating harassment content on your site. However, this does not solve the issue of tendency of false information or information on the Internet.
More and more schools are educating students, how to identify the authenticity of the information . This what educators call "medium power". Professor, graduate school of education at Stanford University, and lead author of the report Samu·weienboge (Sam Wineburg) that the free social studies Stanford University course will guide students, how to judge the historical credibility of the source, and this course has been downloaded 3.5 million times.
斯坦福大学：大部分学生难辨网络信息真伪 - IT资讯
十几岁年轻人非常热衷于社交网络，但最新报告显示，这一人群没有能力评估内容的准确度和可信度。
斯坦福大学对7804名中学生和大学生进行了调查，发现82%的初中生无法区分“赞助商内容”和真实的新闻内容。这一研究结果将于周二发布，是到目前为止规模最大的一次关于年轻人如何获取在线信息的调查。许多学生判断Twitter新闻的可信度主要基于其中的内容，以及是否有大图，而不是关注新闻来源。
一名银行高管撰文声称，年轻人应当需要财务规划方面的更多帮助。超过2/3的中学生认为这是可信的。一家照片分享网站上的照片声称，畸形的雏菊照片表明了日本福岛核电站的辐射危机。而接近40%的高中生认为这是可信的，即使这张照片没有任何信源或是位置信息。
Facebook和Alphabet旗下谷歌正在采取措施，阻止传播假新闻的网站使用它们的广告平台。Twitter正在打击网站上的骚扰内容。然而，这无法彻底解决互联网上假信息或信息倾向性的问题。
越来越多学校正在教育学生，如何鉴别信息的真伪。这被教育者称作“媒体鉴别能力”。斯坦福大学教育研究生院教授、报告的主要作者萨姆·维恩伯格（Sam Wineburg）表示，斯坦福大学开设的免费社会研究课程会指导学生，如何判断历史信源的可信度，而这段课程已经被下载了350万次。