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What Happens When TikTok Is Your Main Source of News and Information

Sam Wineburg and Nadav Ziv write, "We can’t stop Gen Z from relying on social media for information. Nor can we kid ourselves that a presentation by a teacher or the school librarian matches the scale of the misinformation challenge. If we want to reach today’s youth, we must use the tools they can relate to — including TikTok videos — to teach the content we deem important. While doing so, we can sharpen students’ ability to identify misinformation."

Full article available at the Los Angeles Times