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Research Reveals How Human Bias Shapes Social Media Feeds

Summary by Newswise
People are naturally attracted to excitement.  According to new Virginia Tech research, the same is true on social media, where feeds are overrun with international travels, skydiving, and other experiences that may seem out of the ordinary. When social media users constantly are shown rare and unique events, they overestimate how often those occur and seek to share their own.
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Newswise broke the news in Charlottesville, United States on Monday, July 20, 2026.
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