The 74: Teens talk to News Literacy Project about conspiracy theories on social media 

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The News Literacy Project’s research shows that 8 in 10 teens see conspiracy theories on their social feeds, and of those, 81% believe in at least one. In a first-person piece for The 74, Hannah Covington, the News Literacy Project’s Senior Director of Education Content, shares what teens in Oklahoma told her about learning to navigate the online information environment.

“There’s just so much bad information out there that it sometimes gets jumbled up,” 16-year-old Andie Murphy told the News Literacy Project.

Read the story here.

Learn more about News Literacy in America, the News Literacy Project’s study of teens’ information habits and skills.

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