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| − | To '''dumb down''' is to deprive education or communications of meaningful content, resulting in students or an audience who are less informed, knowledgeable or capability of reasoning than their potential. Often the victims of dumbing down are unaware of the effect. | + | To '''dumb down''' is to deprive [[education]] or communications of meaningful content, resulting in students or an audience who are less informed, knowledgeable or capability of [[reasoning]] than their potential. Often the victims of "dumbing down" are unaware of the effect. |
| − | [[Television]] is an example of an aspect of the media that dumbs down its audience. | + | [[Television]] and [[social media]] (such as [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]]) is an example of an aspect of the media that dumbs down its audience. |
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| + | ==See Also== | ||
| + | * [[Common Core]], [[No Child Left Behind]], [[Race to the Top]] | ||
| + | * [[Indoctrination]] by [[Public schools in the United States]] and [[Common Core]] [[Public school values]] and [[Professor values]] | ||
| + | * [[Teacup Generation]] | ||
[[Category:Education]] | [[Category:Education]] | ||
Revision as of 23:12, November 4, 2014
To dumb down is to deprive education or communications of meaningful content, resulting in students or an audience who are less informed, knowledgeable or capability of reasoning than their potential. Often the victims of "dumbing down" are unaware of the effect.
Television and social media (such as Facebook and Twitter) is an example of an aspect of the media that dumbs down its audience.