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The Susceptibility of Social Media to Misinformation
Many aspects of social media make it especially susceptible to the spread of misinformation.
- Messages are easy to process, therefore easy to believe.
- Credibility is easily established by following friends, who often have similar views (which also establishes compatibility).
- Posts are shared by people you trust, establishes repetition and social consensus.
- Comments and related posts provide supporting evidence and familiarity.
- Users can gain a false sense of expertise, becoming very familiar with one perspective.
- Lack of opposing ideas on a person’s feed is interpreted as a lack of different ideas overall.
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