A new study by computer scientists at two universities suggests that a majority of social media users don't bother reading most of the content they're linking to, Carli Velocci writes. Quoting study co-author Arnaud Legout: "People form an opinion based on a summary, or a summary of summaries, without making the effort to go deeper." Also, "Study: 70% of Facebook users only read the headline of science stories before commenting."
July 15, 2016
