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49 B2 | 7. Klasse | Unit 09: Someone’s watching Fill in the gaps a–h with words from this box: common conducted insight majority overview previous researchers survey Fill in the gaps 1–10 with linking devices from this box: also and as due to either for example furthermore in addition therefore while b c Edgar J. Wallace Media Literacy Training at Adelaide Hills Secondary School 15 March From: Subject: Date: This report is intended to provide an (a) of young Australians’ media use and literacy, and make recommendation for media literacy training at our school. It is based on a (b) of 1,000 young people between the ages of 8 and 16, (c) in 2020 by a team of (d) from the University of Queensland and Western Sydney University. (A) Sources of news used by young people To provide an (e) into their news consumption, the respondents were asked if they had engaged with the news on the (f) day and where they got news stories from. 88% had heard about news events from at least one source on the day before. A clear (g) of young people consume news directly from news sources or they hear about it from people they know and trust: family were by far the most (h) source (56%), followed by teachers (33%). 29% of young people got their news from social media. It should be noted here that (1) 43% of teens got news from social media, only 15% of younger children did. (B) Consequences of young people’s media consumption habits News on social media does not prioritise impartiality or objectivity in the same way traditional news media does, (2) parents’ and teachers’ accounts of news stories may not always be objective, (3) . It is extremely troubling, (4) , that the number of young people who agree they know how to tell fake news from real new stories is only 36%. (5) , the survey finds that a large number of young Australians do not challenge the news they consume, even as they get older. (6) , 46% of young people who get news stories from social media say they give very little or no attention to the source of news stories found online. (C) Recommendations for media literacy training Based on these findings, it is recommended that our media literacy training workshops should focus on engaging critically with different media and identifying fake news. Our students should Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv

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