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Common Sense Media Study: 42% Children Think That News Covers Issues That Don’t Matter To Them.
Manuela Walfenzao| 10 de marzo de 2017
Solo 34% siente que los medios tratan igual a los hombres y a las mujeres
For most kids (70%) in the U.S. news media makes them feel smart and for more than half (56%) following the news helps them feel prepared to make a difference, according to Common Sense Media study News and America’s Kids: How Young People Perceive and Are Impacted by News. The report is based on a national online survey of 853 children between the ages of 10 and 18. The study also found that kids don’t feel the issues most important to them are being properly represented in news media. 74% think that media should show more people their ages. Additionally, 69% said that news media have no idea about the experiences of people their ages, and 42% think that news covers issues that don’t matter to them. Content can be disturbing for 63% of the kids surveyed, causing them to feel afraid, angry, sad or depressed. Tweens are more likely to say that news makes them feel afraid (45% compared with 31% of teens). Children, especially teens, are getting their news from online sources. However, it also is true that news are a “human” endeavor, being sourced from families, friends, and teachers. 39% prefer getting news from family, friends and/or teachers, 36% from online sources. James P. Steyer, Founder and CEO at Common Sense Media wrote in the report that many kids are not able to tell the difference between real and fake news. Only 44% can distinguish this, and of those who have shared a news story online in the last six months, 31% admitted to sharing something that they later found out was wrong or inaccurate.
