Voir un titre du Gorafi et, pendant une fraction de seconde, penser que c'est vrai : cela arrive à tout le monde. Mais beaucoup d'utilisateurs ne comprennent pas la blague.
- Professor of Communication & Director of the School of Communication, The Ohio State University
You might see a headline from The Onion or The Babylon Bee and, for a split second, think it’s true. But many social media users don’t get the joke – and share these articles as if they’re real.
Intuition is just one of many factors that shape what you believe.
Even if fake articles could be curbed and filtered news modified, there’s something built into Facebook’s anatomy that foments partisan rage.
How do rational people get sucked into believing conspiracies? According to research, we’re more susceptible than you’d think.
Does distrust of scientists happen on both sides of the ideological divide?
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