Fig. 1
Development of the ability to evaluate the veracity of news from young adolescence to adulthood. (a) Mean media truth discernment scores (higher scores reflect greater accuracy with regard to discriminating between real and fake news) as a function of age group. (b) Distribution of the mean media truth discernment scores for each age group. (c) Mean accuracy ratings concerning real and fake news items as a function of age group (scored using a Likert scale ranging from 1: “not accurate at all” to 4: “very accurate”). (d) Distribution of the mean accuracy ratings pertaining to real and fake new items for each age group. Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals.
