Tag: media literacy
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New Study Links Rising Tide of Misinformation to Increased Chance of Flat Earth Belief by Age 5
Cambridge, MA – A sweeping new study from the International Institute for Cognitive Clarity suggests a startling correlation between children’s early exposure to online misinformation and a surging belief in a flat Earth before kindergarten age. Researchers say the pattern is “statistically significant, epistemologically concerning, and geometrically regressive.” Drawing on data collected from over 40,000…