The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. People’s daily interactions with online algorithms affect how they learn ...

Building on a post that looked at times in which media influenced real-world behaviors, we will reflect below on why this can happen through a constellation of theories. 1. Social Learning Theory.

Christine Abdalla Mikhaeil is a member of the Association for Information Systems (AIS). Conspiracy theory beliefs and (more generally) misinformation may be groundless, but they can have a range of ...