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How a small but vocal minority of social media users distort reality and sow division (www.pbs.org)

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Researchers at New York University have concluded that social media is not an accurate reflection of society, but more like a funhouse mirror distorted by a small but vocal minority of extreme outliers. It's a finding that has special resonance this election season. John Yang speaks with psychology professor Jay Van Bavel, one of the authors of the paper that reported the research, to learn more.

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[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

It's up to everybody to keep their heads on straight, even in the social pressure ("social pressure") of a dumb comment section.

[-] JayDee@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

If we're relying on the individual to keep themselves correctly informed, we might be thoroughly fucked lol.

Maybe we should start pinning classes on media literacy, critical thinking/analyses to help the situation. Not even sarcasm, it genuinely might be needed as a built-in feature included in every web browser at this point.

this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2024

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