22-11-2016 13:25 via theverge.com

Most students can’t tell the difference between sponsored content and real news

Most students can’t tell the difference between real news articles and sponsored content, according to a study from Stanford University, raising concerns over how young people consume online media. As The Wall Street Journal reports, the study is the largest to date on how young people evaluate online media, involving 7,804 students from middle school to college. It will be published on Tuesday.According to the study, 82 percent of students could not distinguish between a sponsored ad an a
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