ubi-learn.com » 2009 » December » 28 http://ubi-learn.com An international CONFERENCE, a scholarly JOURNAL, a BOOK series, and an online KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITY Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:59:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Study on Youth and Information Credibility http://ubi-learn.com/2009/12/28/study-on-youth-and-information-credibility/ http://ubi-learn.com/2009/12/28/study-on-youth-and-information-credibility/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:00:31 +0000 http://ubi-learn.com/?p=1576 From Andrew Flanagin in Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning

kid_hand_mouse-365x274Select findings from a new study by Andrew J. Flanagin, Professor in the Department of Communication, and Miriam Metzger, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara.

The results are based on a web-based survey of a representative sample of 2,747 children (age 11 to 18) with internet access in the United States, and one parent of each child.

The full report will be available in early 2010 as part of the MacArthur Series on Digital Media and Learning, published by MIT Press.

Read Spotlight’s interview with Flanagin about the findings. Below are some of the study’s highlights:

  • Most kids begin using the internet between Grades 2 and 6.
  • Nearly all kids surveyed (97%) are online by eighth grade.

To read more…

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