Current Events > Media literacy is at an all time low in the US

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refmon
02/20/24 9:03:32 PM
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How did this happen?

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WingsOfGood
02/20/24 9:05:03 PM
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How about Book literacy?
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SaikyoStyle
02/20/24 9:05:13 PM
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It serves the interests of capital.

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R_Jackal
02/20/24 9:06:46 PM
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Probably because literacy itself is declining, too.

Most people I know of that are in their early 20s have the vocab and reading skills of grade schoolers. That's all purely my experience though.
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WingsOfGood
02/20/24 9:09:36 PM
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SaikyoStyle
02/20/24 9:09:46 PM
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R_Jackal posted...
Probably because literacy itself is declining, too.

Most people I know of that are in their early 20s have the vocab and reading skills of grade schoolers. That's all purely my experience though.
Someone in their 20s was just hired to my team who literally cannot write sentences. When I raised this with management, it was suggested that I teach the new hire how to write.

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argonautweakend
02/20/24 9:10:02 PM
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part of the reason media literacy is so bad is because we have two political parties in this country combined with how territorial people have become. When people have chosen a side, and their side must be victorious, it leads to things like decreased media literacy. People are looking for things that proclaim their side correct. It doesn't matter if the article is truthful or accurate, all that matters is they said my side won.

Take a look at COVID. One side will say masks work! The other side will say masks do not work! Both sides have sources backing up their point, likely no critical thought has been applied, but source says my argument wins!
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CRON
02/20/24 9:10:15 PM
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refmon posted...
How did this happen?
Budget smartphones and mobile data plans became even more affordable.

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Hexenherz
02/20/24 9:10:36 PM
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I'm gonna go out there and blame the media, particularly channels like OAN and Fox News that advertise themselves as "fair and unbiased" while presenting some of the most outrageously biased information ever. Plus the lack of critical thinking/media analysis courses in schools.

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Cheater87
02/20/24 9:11:42 PM
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The GOP.

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WingsOfGood
02/20/24 9:12:12 PM
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Hexenherz posted...
Plus the lack of critical thinking/media analysis courses in schools.

School taught Columbus believed the world was flat and parents agreed.
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SSJKirby
02/20/24 9:12:40 PM
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WingsOfGood posted...
How about Book literacy?
bruh

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EPR-radar
02/20/24 9:13:04 PM
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I was expecting a demonstration of the problem ITT. It's disappointing it was in the first ten posts.

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WingsOfGood
02/20/24 9:14:46 PM
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SSJKirby posted...
bruh

I , this is me personally, literate. So you know, I literate.
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PraxagoraKassan
02/20/24 9:15:28 PM
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Now that seemed very... Real, didn't it? But you knew it couldn't be true

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thisworld
02/20/24 9:18:59 PM
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WingsOfGood posted...
How about Book literacy?

Some people prefer to burn them smh
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C_Pain
02/20/24 9:19:24 PM
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Source? Also, how can that be with everyone watching 5 hour video essays on their favorite teen drama or JRPG?

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WingsOfGood
02/20/24 9:19:40 PM
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thisworld posted...
Some people prefer to burn them smh
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/669bdfb0.jpg

Well that raises lighteracy not lowers it.
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Deej
02/20/24 9:21:41 PM
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SaikyoStyle posted...
Someone in their 20s was just hired to my team who literally cannot write sentences. When I raised this with management, it was suggested that I teach the new hire how to write.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/00ab21b5.jpg

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CRON
02/20/24 9:25:21 PM
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SaikyoStyle posted...
Someone in their 20s was just hired to my team who literally cannot write sentences. When I raised this with management, it was suggested that I teach the new hire how to write.
As a Millennial who can't find a job because they don't have a degree, this is fucking enraging.

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noisetank
02/20/24 9:40:22 PM
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boomers

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PraxagoraKassan
02/20/24 9:44:16 PM
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Like, recently? Ukraine is losing the war so you can't have an edible narrative

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DrizztLink
02/20/24 9:45:25 PM
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In defense of the US public, media trustworthiness is also at an all time low.

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R_Jackal
02/20/24 10:06:17 PM
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SaikyoStyle posted...
Someone in their 20s was just hired to my team who literally cannot write sentences. When I raised this with management, it was suggested that I teach the new hire how to write.
Yeah, I do house remodels basically(honestly, mostly just flooring these days) and I tend to do a lot of the leg work for finding jobs myself. Recently had some new hires do it but... The notes they took for what people wanted just made me sad. Wound up calling them back to figure out what they wanted and had to really dance around why since I don't wanna throw folks under the bus.
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Kim_Seong-a
02/20/24 10:08:40 PM
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Where's the data on this?

Because back in the 80s plenty of people thought Rorshach was a cool and admirable hero

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Quorthon109
02/20/24 10:12:37 PM
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There's been a lot of Starship Troopers discourse lately (apparently because of Helldivers 2, which I know nothing about) and it's been really funny to read

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GrandConjuraton
02/20/24 10:13:30 PM
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R_Jackal posted...
Probably because literacy itself is declining, too.


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DrizztLink
02/20/24 10:14:32 PM
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Quorthon109 posted...
There's been a lot of Starship Troopers discourse lately (apparently because of Helldivers 2, which I know nothing about) and it's been really funny to read
Also in defense, ST has a completely different message depending on book or movie.

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GrandConjuraton
02/20/24 10:16:48 PM
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argonautweakend posted...
part of the reason media literacy is so bad is because we have two political parties in this country combined with how territorial people have become. When people have chosen a side, and their side must be victorious, it leads to things like decreased media literacy. People are looking for things that proclaim their side correct. It doesn't matter if the article is truthful or accurate, all that matters is they said my side won.

Take a look at COVID. One side will say masks work! The other side will say masks do not work! Both sides have sources backing up their point, likely no critical thought has been applied, but source says my argument wins!
bOTh SidES

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Dark_Arbron
02/20/24 10:18:09 PM
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CRON posted...
As a Millennial who can't find a job because they don't have a degree, this is fucking enraging.

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Dark_Arbron
02/20/24 10:24:40 PM
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argonautweakend posted...
People are looking for things that proclaim their side correct. It doesn't matter if the article is truthful or accurate, all that matters is they said my side won.

People who think LGBT and trans people need to be legislated out of existence versus people who think they shouldnt? Forgive me for not seeing the merit in one of those sides.

Take a look at COVID. One side will say masks work! The other side will say masks do not work! Both sides have sources backing up their point, likely no critical thought has been applied, but source says my argument wins!

Only one of those sides has sources.

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argonautweakend
02/20/24 10:54:02 PM
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I am going "both sides" because I do feel like that contributes heavily to the downfall of media literacy. It isn't that people have their own thoughts and have chosen a side, it's the sports-like supporter mentality that makes it unhealthy. Our side must win!! and we are, because <sources> say we are!! People don't think about the sources they reference and post, all they care about is they won! the source says so!

And yeah, either side in any COVID debate has sources. Masks work and you're wrong if you don't think so, masks do not work and you're wrong if you think they do. The downfall is, if side X wants to win the debate, all they have to do is find some stupid source from Y going "yeah bud, you're side won!" That doesn't mean they won, of course, but to them it's good enough.

I see debates happen all the time where people reference sources that say "we won! you're wrong" but no critical thought has occured at any point. We get to this point because people have picked sides, but not just that, they've picked sides and THEY HAVE TO WIN. So essentially it just becomes a free for all, everybody has sources, fuck it, we gotta win.

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shnangyboos
02/20/24 11:24:26 PM
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How do you dudes square this idea you've been peddling with "death of the author"? It seems if anyone can interpret media however they want despite the author's intentions, there's no such thing as "media literacy".

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_____Cait
02/20/24 11:29:03 PM
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I mean

There is a lot of dumb media out there today.

Also, when a lot of it is pushing a false narrative or is weird fake nationalist propaganda, you learn fake stupid things.

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VideoboysaysCube
02/20/24 11:32:37 PM
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thisworld posted...
Some people prefer to burn them smh
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/669bdfb0.jpg

"It was a pleasure to burn..."

But really, I blame social media and smartphones. When I was growing up, if you needed a source of entertainment, you had either books or television. And if you were in school, you could only whip out one of those during downtime. I'll also blame parents for not introducing their children to literature. Yes, making a habit out of reading to your child may require more effort than dropping an iPad in their stroller. But it'll pay dividends when they grow up to not be a completely worthless contribution to society.

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lolife67
02/20/24 11:32:42 PM
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I'm not sure how it happened but Star Trek and X-Men fans are complaining about inclusion and diversity. Things are crazy.
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MorganTJ
02/23/24 12:14:02 PM
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SaikyoStyle posted...
Someone in their 20s was just hired to my team who literally cannot write sentences. When I raised this with management, it was suggested that I teach the new hire how to write.
What do their sentences look like? They still speak in complete sentences, right?
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lolife67
02/23/24 12:15:44 PM
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I just saw a post on FB complaining about "identity politics" being in X-Men.
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BucketCat
02/23/24 12:23:38 PM
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this is sick.... they are ill.

ill literate.

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Homeless_Waifu
02/23/24 12:26:28 PM
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Some states encouraging book bans/burning books
teaching jobs paying like crap making them less desirable to seek for people
public schools in general are just shit, the average kids/below average kids arent encouraged to succeed. You either do well or youre shit outta luck mentality

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nocturnal_traveler
02/23/24 12:29:17 PM
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It's not on the decline. People have always been this illiterate. The Internet just allows these illiterate people a wider place to congregate and indoctrinate and stupefy. Although to be fair, they can at least read now.

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