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It’s not just gen Z – older adults need help spotting online misinformation too

The Conversation · · 932 words · By Holly Barnett
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17 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Older adults are just as, if not more, likely than younger generations to believe misinformation.”
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No relevant evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries. The evidence gathered does not address misinformation belief rates among age groups.
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“Around 15% of adults rarely or never consider if news items are true.”
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Wikipedia entries about emerging adulthood, incest, and pedophilia are unrelated to claims about news truthfulness evaluation. No evidence supports the 15% statistic.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Emerging adulthood, early adulthood, or post-adolescence refers to a phase of the life span between late adolescence and early adulthood, as initially proposed by Jeffrey Arnett in a 2000 article from…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Incest ( IN-sest) is sex between close relatives, such as a brother, sister, or parent. This typically includes any kind of sexual activity between people in consanguinity (blood relations), and some…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pedophilia (alternatively spelled paedophilia) is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children. Although g…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia
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“Older adults aged 65 and older shared nearly seven times more fake news links during the 2016 US election compared to younger users.”
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Wikipedia entries about adult ADHD, education, and old age do not address fake news sharing behavior during the 2016 US election.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adult ADHD) refers to ADHD that persists into adulthood. It is a neurodevelopmental disorder, meaning impairing symptoms must have been present in child…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Adult education is when adults gain new attitudes, knowledge, skills, or values through systematic educating activities. It includes any form of learning adults engage in beyond traditional schooling,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_education
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Old age is the range of ages for people nearing and surpassing life expectancy. People of old age are called old people, old-timers, the elderly, elders, senior citizens, seniors, or older adults. Old…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_age
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“In 2024, nine in ten people in the UK reported seeing misinformation on social media.”
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Wikipedia entries about .uk domain, Reform UK, and UK country information are unrelated to 2024 misinformation reporting statistics.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — .uk is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United Kingdom. It was first registered in July 1985, seven months after the original generic top-level domains such as .com and the f…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Reform UK, often known simply as Reform, is a right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. It is placed on the right-wing to far-right on the political spectrum, and has been described a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. It compr…
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“Only 3% of the population had taken a media literacy course.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries about media literacy course participation rates.
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“Playing BadNews improved misinformation detection across different age groups and cultures.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries about the BadNews game's impact on misinformation detection.
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“Spot the Troll game provided a cross-protection effect, improving participants' ability to identify false news.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries about the Spot the Troll game's cross-protection effect.
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“Older adults were less likely to believe vaccine myths after watching corrective videos from trusted experts.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries about corrective videos' impact on vaccine myth belief among older adults.
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“Graphics from the World Health Organization support the credibility of corrective information across age groups in the UK and Brazil.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries about WHO graphics' role in corrective information credibility.
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“Older adults are more susceptible to health misinformation due to increased risk of serious illness.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries about older adults' susceptibility to health misinformation.
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“MediaWise for Seniors improved older users' ability to judge headline truthfulness.”
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“Engagement with a similar course in Spain improved older users' detection of true information.”
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“In the 2016 US election, fake stories favoring Donald Trump were shared 30 million times on Facebook.”
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“Older adults shared more fake news during the 2016 US election compared to other age groups.”
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“Older adults show higher partisan bias, trusting content aligned with their political views.”
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“Multiple studies reported high dropout rates in misinformation training programs for older adults.”
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“Misinformation detection training may discourage engagement with true content.”
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