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[Opinion] Just Five Posts May Be Enough to Shape What People Believe Online, New Study Finds
Researchers found opinions can harden after five consistent posts, with identity cues and repetition outweighing accuracy in early social media exposure.
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Just five posts may be enough to shape what people believe online, new study finds
If people form opinions online before they fully evaluate whether information is true, then the fight against misinformation may begin far earlier than most platforms are designed to address. A new study published in Information Systems Research, a journal of INFORMS, suggests that social media users can begin developing stable opinions about unfamiliar topics after seeing only a handful of consistent posts. Researchers found that after roughly …
·Washington, United States
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Just five posts may be enough to shape what people believe online, study finds
If people form opinions online before they fully evaluate whether information is true, then the fight against misinformation may begin far earlier than most platforms are designed to address.
·United Kingdom
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