Highly impulsive people who lean conservative are more likely to share false news stories. They have a desire to create chaos and won’t be deterred by fact-checkers.
“My sense is that what we have here is a feedback loop. Does media attention increase a candidate’s standing in the polls? Yes. Does a candidate’s standing in the polls increase media attention? Also yes.”
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Stray, Jonathan. "How much influence does the media really have over elections? Digging into the data." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 11 Jan. 2016. Web. 26 Apr. 2024.
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Stray, J. (2016, Jan. 11). How much influence does the media really have over elections? Digging into the data. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/01/how-much-influence-does-the-media-really-have-over-elections-digging-into-the-data/
Chicago
Stray, Jonathan. "How much influence does the media really have over elections? Digging into the data." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified January 11, 2016. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/01/how-much-influence-does-the-media-really-have-over-elections-digging-into-the-data/.
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