Americans Stay Informed With Social Media, Still Don’t Really Trust It [STUDY]
A new study has revealed that while Americans believe that social media has made them more informed and influential as citizens and customers, a large majority are skeptical about the trustworthiness of the information that they find on platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, as well as the motives of the political figures and corporations that use these channels.
The Allstate Corporation and National Journal surveyed 1,000 U.S. adults aged 18 and over, and found that while some 60 percent of Americans believe that the internet and social media has made it easier for them to stay informed as consumers, more than two-thirds (69 percent) believe that brands and political candidates are active on social media to advertise or because they want to collect information on their customers or supporters, rather than to engage.
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