There are some studies suggesting fake news isn’t quite the problem some think.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3316768
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3107731
There are also a number of papers which are sceptical of there being pervasive social media “echo chambers” or “filter bubbles”.
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/87402/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0747563216309086
Cf also this recent book by Hugo Mercier, which argues that people are less gullible than many think.
I don’t know this literature well and am not quite sure what conclusions to draw. My impression is, however, that some claims of the dangers of fake news on social media are exaggerated.
Cf also my comment on the post on recommender systems, relating to other effects of social media.
There are some studies suggesting fake news isn’t quite the problem some think.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3316768
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3107731
There are also a number of papers which are sceptical of there being pervasive social media “echo chambers” or “filter bubbles”.
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/87402/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0747563216309086
Cf also this recent book by Hugo Mercier, which argues that people are less gullible than many think.
I don’t know this literature well and am not quite sure what conclusions to draw. My impression is, however, that some claims of the dangers of fake news on social media are exaggerated.
Cf also my comment on the post on recommender systems, relating to other effects of social media.