It comes to family and friends

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Conversely, when participants are exposed to information from sources they have never heard of, they tend to completely ignore the information or to distrust it, as mentioned by one of these participants: “I’ll only choose the ones I’ve heard of before. For example, I’ve never heard of Sky News, so I might not click on it. Then the Independent, I haven’t heard of it, so I might not click on it.” – Preeti Familiarity and trust are often reinforced by repeated interactions with the same source, which would create a sense of security and comfort.


This relationship is then double-edged: some respondents developed shareholder database negative perceptions of certain media due to previous experiences: "What I'm concerned about is the information, the fact that... if I see something absolutely outrageous on a site - and this has happened to me - I make a mental note: 'This site is crazy, I don't even want to talk to these idiots'" - John Social indices Social cues were also widely mentioned as a reliable way to create mental shortcuts on platforms, especially when.

The opposite may also be true, as many tend to reject information from “close people” they don’t like. Family and friends therefore represent trusted interlocutors , especially when they have particular expertise or are perceived as such, as one participant mentioned: “It’s pretty simple because most of the friends that I follow and whose opinions I trust, I let them filter that stuff for me. For example, Robert always knows what’s going on, I can trust his opinion. It’s not necessarily that I like news articles” – Jerry Language and tone On social platforms, users only see very limited text.