OPINIONS OF ADOLESCENTS ABOUT FAKE NEWS: A STUDY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE ABC PAULISTA
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Adolescents, Extremism, Fake News, RadicalizationAbstract
Fake news are a narrative with journalistic elements with the function of disseminating false information having a capacity to be disseminated and to affect the perspectives of a society. This research investigates how adolescents read, accept and understand false news, for this questionnaires were applied ( n = 78) for high school students at a technical school in the Greater São Paulo region, based on the responses of the participants, five were chosen to hold a virtual discussion group to discuss and reflect on their experiences. Using Freire and Zizek's discussions as a theoretical framework, it was concluded that participants have careful habits to avoid and share false news, but in return this limits their contact with a greater diversity of news, which in the long run can result in a greater tendency to develop extremist perspectives.
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