Current Events Knowledge Accuracy
School Name
Chapin High School
Grade Level
11th Grade
Presentation Topic
Consumer Science
Presentation Type
Non-Mentored
Abstract
This research looks at established methods of; what type of news source high school students primarily get their information from and how that affects their accuracy of knowledge on current events. Having an accurate knowledge of current events is very important, especially for high school students who are nearing or have already reached the voting age. For them to successfully improve their communities and make political changes they must have a valid and relatively unbiased understanding of what the current global political arena looks like as well as major events that are taking place around the world. When high school students are not aware of current events social tension and conflicts can be a consequence. A variety of high school students filled out a current events survey and data was analyzed based on where they got their news from and their accuracy percentage on the survey. There will also be an experiment to show which media type is most credible. In the experiment, which will have participants divided into three different groups: legacy media, digital age media, and social media, they will all study a source from their news type and with a pre-quiz and post-quiz it will be determined which news type contains the most accurate information.
Recommended Citation
Dunn, Molly, "Current Events Knowledge Accuracy" (2024). South Carolina Junior Academy of Science. 414.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/scjas/2024/all/414
Location
RITA 371
Start Date
3-23-2024 10:15 AM
Presentation Format
Oral and Written
Group Project
No
Current Events Knowledge Accuracy
RITA 371
This research looks at established methods of; what type of news source high school students primarily get their information from and how that affects their accuracy of knowledge on current events. Having an accurate knowledge of current events is very important, especially for high school students who are nearing or have already reached the voting age. For them to successfully improve their communities and make political changes they must have a valid and relatively unbiased understanding of what the current global political arena looks like as well as major events that are taking place around the world. When high school students are not aware of current events social tension and conflicts can be a consequence. A variety of high school students filled out a current events survey and data was analyzed based on where they got their news from and their accuracy percentage on the survey. There will also be an experiment to show which media type is most credible. In the experiment, which will have participants divided into three different groups: legacy media, digital age media, and social media, they will all study a source from their news type and with a pre-quiz and post-quiz it will be determined which news type contains the most accurate information.
