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Written by Recovered Expert on 2024-12-29 at 20:46

»“Maybe it’s the social media environment. Maybe they’re not understanding the news, or the sources are confusing them. But what we found is that when content evokes outrage, people are consistently sharing it without even clicking into the article.” Brady co-authored a study on how misinformation exploits outrage to spread online. When we get outraged, the study suggests, we simply care way less if what’s got us outraged is even real.«

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/12/people-will-share-misinformation-that-sparks-moral-outrage/

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