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Guy Golan
Guy Golan is an associate professor at Texas Christian University. [File photo]
The Last Word: TCU’s Guy Golan on Why Sharing Online Articles Doesn’t Make People Experts
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Dec 15, 2022
Researchers at UT Austin published a study in July called "I share, therefore I know? Sharing online content—even without reading it—inflates subjective knowledge." The study, published by the Society for Consumer Psychology, explored how sharing online content affects what people think they know.
Turns out, they think they know a lot—which isn't necessarily the case at all.
