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A little bit of knowledge: Facebook's News Feed and self-perceptions of knowledge
2019
Research & Politics
Given that approximately half of Internet users use Facebook to access news, it is no surprise that social media are increasingly seen as a viable source of political information. Despite the fact that the average social media user only clicks on a small fraction of political content available in their News Feed, social media use correlates with political knowledge. From where, then, does this knowledge come? We argue that Facebook's News Feed itself, with its short article previews, provides
doi:10.1177/2053168018816189
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