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💬 THINK: Two Charts, Many Questions

Dr. Ken Bort, PhD
Jul 14
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These two charts, shared by Scott Galloway on Twitter, have us thinking about:

  • How the definition of “news” has changed over the years as our engagement with predominantly editorial sources has increased. 

  • How that shift makes traditional approaches to information literacy less and less relevant.

  • As the saying goes, how many of us are behind the 8 ball in embracing the platforms where our kids spend most of their time. 

What does this all mean for the work of Developing Digital Detectives? In some ways, the proverbial jury is still out, but we can’t help but think about how the Triggers and Access lens are essential components of what information literacy in the digital age must look like.

Graph depicts the average number of hours per month users spent on specific social media platforms between the years 2018 and 2021. While the number of hours spent on What’s App and Instagram have remained stable during this time, (at 7.8 and 7.9 hours per month respectively), the number of hours spent on Facebook has spiked and then dropped during that time period. Currently, Facebook users spend 16 hours per month on the platform. Meanwhile, TikTok’s users currently spend 25.7 hours per month on the platform which is part of a continued trend of increasing usage.
What do you notice?
Graph depicts news platform preferences of US adults in 2021. 50% of survey respondents prefer Digital Services. 36% prefer TV. 7% prefer radio. 5% prefer print publications. And 2% chose “other” as their preferred news platform.
What do you wonder?

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