Digital Illiteracy
January 28, 2005
This week a study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that only one in six users of internet search engines can tell the difference between “unbiased” search results and paid advertisements. Most people can tell the difference between, say, a television show and infomercials. But digital literacy, it seems, continues to elude us. Deborah Fallows, who authored the Pew study, explains to Brooke why our digital confidence still exceeds our abilities.
