How Fiction Becomes Fact on Social Media

By BENEDICT CAREY from NYT Health http://ift.tt/2yX0XTV
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Platforms like Facebook and Twitter offer up memes designed to feel real, if only for an instant — long enough for our minds to make a false connection.
How Fiction Becomes Fact on Social Media - By BENEDICT CAREY - at Health - Keyword: Rumors and Misinformation, Computers and the Internet, Social Media, News and News Media - From The New York Times - Published at October 20, 2017 at 07:00AM