Reading news on social media for two weeks improves knowledge and fake news recognition, study finds

Consuming news on social media is often associated with "doom scrolling," where people spend excessive time online consuming negative news. However, researchers have found that this same behavior, ... Read More

Two-week social media news habits boost knowledge and trust

By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. Contrary to popular fears, social media news consumption can make users more knowledgeable and trusting if they follow the right sources. Here’s how just two ... Read More

Two-Thirds Of Adults Get News From Social Media - Forbes

Nearly two-thirds of American adults – 62%– get news from a social media site, according to a new survey from Pew Research Center. Two in 10, or 18%, report getting news that way often. While ... Read More

Fake news, social media, and "The Death of Truth"

Social media companies exercise only limited control, permitting lies, fake news and intentionally divisive content to proliferate. The torrent of allegedly Moscow-backed content provoked an angry ... Read More

Reading Beyond Headline Rare For Most on Social Media, Study Finds

Reading Beyond Headline Rare For Most on Social Media, Study Finds By Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Nov. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Three out of four times, your Facebook ... Read More

How Social Media Has Changed How We Consume News - Forbes

Social media has become the main source of news online with more than 2.4 billion internet users, nearly 64.5 percent receive breaking news from Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Snapchat and Instagram ... Read More

Social Media Broke Up With News. So Did Readers. - The Atlantic

That year, a Pew survey of more than 10,000 people found that “U.S. adults who mainly get their political news through social media tend to be less engaged with news” and, notably, less ... Read More

Most Students Don’t Know When News Is Fake, Stanford Study Finds

A study of middle-school to college-age students found most absorb social media news without considering the source. How parents can teach research skills and skepticism. Read More

Who Gets Their News From Which Social Media Sites? | WIRED

A Pew study finds that nonwhites rely more on social media for news that whites, ... of nonwhite social media news consumers expect the news they’re reading to be largely accurate. Read More

News Use Across Social Media Platforms - Pew Research Center

News consumers on social networking websites are more likely than the general public to use a mobile device for news, including roughly half of Twitter and LinkedIn news consumers. Survey Methodology ... Read More