A study that seemed to claim they had was treated as “bad news for journalists: the public doesn’t share our values.” The reality is a few arbitrary research design decisions put a thumb on the scale.
Seward, Zachary M.. "In the news cycle, memes spread more like a heartbeat than a virus." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 13 Jul. 2009. Web. 20 Sep. 2023.
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