Social media has remarkably small impact on Americans' beliefs, research finds
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - 20:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Social media had only a small influence on how much people believed falsehoods about candidates and issues in the last two presidential elections, a pair of new national studies found. And Facebook -- which came under fire for spreading misinformation in the 2016 campaign -- actually reduced misperceptions by users in that election compared to those who consumed only other social media.