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We live in an age of 'fake news'. But Australian children are not learning enough about media literacy

  • Written by Tanya Notley, Senior Lecturer in Digital Media, Western Sydney University
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Today we release the findings from our new research into how young Australians consume and think about news media.

Following a summer of bushfires and during the COVID-19 pandemic, young people have told us they consume news regularly. But they also say they can find it frightening and many don’t ask questions about the...

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