{"id":16942,"date":"2024-11-21T09:04:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T10:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=16942"},"modified":"2024-11-21T10:23:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T10:23:33","slug":"how-to-recognize-a-i-and-video-misinformation-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=16942","title":{"rendered":"How to Recognize A.I. and Video Misinformation Online"},"content":{"rendered":"
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These five family conversation starters can get the discussion flowing about video content that kids encounter online.<\/p>\n

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Teenagers are consuming digital media more than ever before<\/a>, spending an average of nearly two hours per day on YouTube<\/a> and 1.5 hours per day on TikTok alone. And that doesn\u2019t sit right with some of their parents. About half of teens who report spending a lot of time online say that they argue with their parents about it, according to a Pew Research Center survey<\/a> conducted last year.<\/p>\n

Experts say it\u2019s time to stop lecturing and start listening. Exposure to negative video content like violence, substance use, self-harm or unhealthy body images may be harmful to teenagers, but adults can buffer the ill effects by initiating open conversations, according to the American Psychological Association\u2019s new guidelines<\/a> on healthy video viewing for adolescents, which were released Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really is important that parents approach their teens with curiosity versus confrontation,\u201d said Erlanger A. Turner, an associate professor of psychology at Pepperdine University.<\/p>\n

Wondering how to do that? We turned to Dr. Turner and other experts \u2014 all of whom contributed to the new A.P.A. guidelines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Here are five conversation starters to help your family have more fruitful discussions about some of the most powerful forces in video creation today: influencers and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n