"82 percent of middle school students couldn't tell the difference between sponsored articles and real news stories.
Out of the Stanford college students that were tested, more than 80 percent couldn't identify biased content from independent news sources supported by groups like lobbying firms as being less reliable than a mainstream news source." https://universe.byu.edu/2018/02/09/studies-show-lack-media-...
"Fewer than 2 in 10 teens can correctly distinguish between news, advertisement, opinion and entertainment" https://newslit.org/news-and-research/news-literacy-in-ameri...
"82 percent of middle school students couldn't tell the difference between sponsored articles and real news stories.
Out of the Stanford college students that were tested, more than 80 percent couldn't identify biased content from independent news sources supported by groups like lobbying firms as being less reliable than a mainstream news source." https://universe.byu.edu/2018/02/09/studies-show-lack-media-...