A new study found that in the year following Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter (now X), users reported their feeds becoming more negative and featuring less reliable content. They also said they were less likely to use Twitter/X.
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/acbwg
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A new study found that in the year following Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter (now X), users reported their feeds becoming more negative and featuring less reliable content. They also said they were less likely to use Twitter/X.https://osf.io/preprin... -
New study finds that fact-checks framed as "confirmations" (e.g., "It is TRUE that...") lead to higher engagement compared to "refutation" frames (e.g., "It is FALSE that...").New study finds that fact-checks framed as "confirmations" (e.g., "It is TRUE that...") lead to higher engagement compared to "refutation" frames (e.g., "It is FALSE that..."). This pattern was consistent across four countries and the "confirmation" fact-checks also reduced self-reported negative emotions related to polarization.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-53337-0?fromPaywallRec=true #MisinfoResearch