Why our news consumption might be more worrisome than misinformation
Thursday, June 1, 2023 - 14:52
in Earth & Climate
Misinformation and echo chambers are often used to explain polarization and political divides between people. New research, however, finds there is another factor we should worry about, namely our online consumption of quality news, or exactly the lack of it. Most people do not read misinformation or inhabit echo chambers or radical rabbit holes.