@nick_anderson_ sums up the political environment succinctly!

(while this cartoon is focussed on the LA fires, it's relevance is much, much wider!)

#SocialMedia #disinformation #misinformation

"We tend to believe fake news shared by distant social media contacts more than by close friends, even with trust controlled."

Interesting insight from an interesting paper by Babajide Osatuyi and Alan R. Dennis (recently published in the Decision Support Systems journal):

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167923624001088

#misinformation #disinformation #socialmedia #trust