Literature Review Map by Lauren Gayhart

Research Question

laurenegayhart — 2024-10-01 15:43:19 UTC

Fake News on Social Media: A Comprehensive View of its Effect on Media Literacy in Adolescents

Major Theme #1

laurenegayhart — 2024-10-01 15:47:51 UTC

Social Media Use in Adolescents (Big to Small)

Major Theme #2

laurenegayhart — 2024-10-01 15:49:18 UTC

Fake News, Media Literacy, News Trusting, and Their Relationships (Fact to Reasoning)

Major Theme #3

laurenegayhart — 2024-10-01 15:50:24 UTC

Possible Solution to the Effects of Fake News on Social Media-Using Adolescents (Big to Small)

Teens spend a large amount of time on social media

laurenegayhart — 2024-10-01 15:56:20 UTC

Common Sense Media paper, explains stats of social media usage as well as where teens spend most of their time online according to surveys (paraphrase)

Fake news lives and grows on social media

laurenegayhart — 2024-10-01 15:58:33 UTC

Use a source to explain that social media is a breeding ground for misinformation, whether it be in the form of literal news stories or AI generated pictures being phrased as truth (paraphrase)

How does social media affect brain development before fake news is introduced

laurenegayhart — 2024-10-01 16:02:27 UTC

I don't currently have a source for this, but I think it could be a good thing to add. Find info on how social media affects brain development in teens and adolescents in general, could help the reader to understand the complexity of the issue (paraphrase)

How does fake news affect media literacy?

laurenegayhart — 2024-10-01 19:01:45 UTC

Use some examples from various sources that provide reasoning that fake news has a negative effect on media literacy and comprehension in a digital context. (paraphrase)

Does fake news affect adolescent's (or the general population's) trust in media or online sources?

laurenegayhart — 2024-10-01 19:03:54 UTC

Cite some sources that explain this relationship between trusting online sources and fake news, and what the connections is (paraphrase)

Explain how this information relates to the question as a whole through deductive reasoning

laurenegayhart — 2024-10-01 19:05:26 UTC

Use all of the previous information to reason as to why fake news may negatively impact media literacy, digital comprehension, and trust of news in adolescents (summarize findings)

Machine learning and databases as a possible way to stop the issue at its source

laurenegayhart — 2024-10-01 19:10:43 UTC

Cite the source (I can't remember its title) that explains that there are databases that are adapting to find fake news through key words and finding patterns (paraphrase)

Teaching methods to analyze sources in a critical way from a young age

laurenegayhart — 2024-10-03 15:30:16 UTC

I have an article that explains why it is important to really hone in on the idea of teaching children to evaluate all online sources as well as ideas of media literacy and "reading between the lines". Cite this to explain the idea (paraphrase)

How do these methods help to curve the effects of fake news on the comprehension levels on young adults? In what ways may they not help?

laurenegayhart — 2024-10-03 15:31:52 UTC