Study: Digital literacy doesn’t stop the spread of misinformation | MIT Sloan
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Study: Digital literacy doesn’t stop the spread of misinformation | MIT Sloan
When Critical Thinking Isn’t Enough: To Beat Information Overload, We Need to Learn ‘Critical Ignoring’
Ralph Hertwigtheconversation.com
Functional misalignment can also lead to greater spread of misinformation. A recent study suggests that people who are spreading political misinformation leverage moral and emotional information – for example, posts that provoke moral outrage – in order to get people to share it more. When algorithms amplify moral and emotional information, misinfo
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