Throughout the last years, there has been an exponential progress regarding communication, the way it is being portrayed and how it gets to be done. Furtheremore, communication has empowered people to become aware of the different assusmptions, events and occurences that happen world-wide. However, one has got to emphasy on the misinformation that fake news convey on people that are not used to reading or going beyond the message. Besides, this is not something that only happens on adults. It has become a trendy on teenagers and children as the social networks allow them to read and encounter many fake news. Regarding that problematic situation, the educational system has got to provide schools and teachers with the necessary tools for endorsing critical thinking towards any issue.
Although, it is not an easy task to carry out as there has been a big gap on teaching critically even to teachers. In that sense, education cannot be aimed to teach only children or teenagers, it has got to be taught to teachers, principals and staff of schools and institutions. That is to be critical, and doding that is that people will overcome the misinformation that fake news convey. To spot critical thinking towards that issue, the current system needs an improvement regarding the way reading is being taught. Reading is not only to get a brief insight of the what the message is about, it is to convey a whole understanding of whatever is being discussed. Thus, students need to know and face the fake news to avoid the misunderstandigs they evoke.
On the other hand, to think critically encourages people to look up and verify whether the information is fake or not. In that regard, what shouldn't be encouraged is to share fake news but help people distinguish when the information comes from fake news and when it is reliable.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/business/media/medias-next-challenge-overcoming-the-threat-of-fake-news.html
https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2017/oct/17/fake-news-improved-critical-literacy-skills-teaching-young-people
https://www.brookings.edu/research/how-to-combat-fake-news-and-disinformation/
Dear student,
ResponderEliminarI find it very necessary to highlight the role that teaching reading plays when encouraging our students to spot fakes news. In addition to that, I would also like to say that fake news is a general matter of concern and as you mentioned, it is something that affects everyone in our society.
Great post!