How Much Should Facebook Pay You for Your Data?
Framing changes how different people answer the question.
How Much Should Facebook Pay You for Your Data?Receiving a check can feel rewarding; the tedious chore of traveling to the bank and cashing it often doesn’t. Individuals who prize immediate gratification tend to be impatient to receive a check, but then put off cashing it. This behavior is confirmed in a field experiment conducted by Columbia University’s Ernesto Reuben, Northwestern’s Paola Sapienza, and Chicago Booth’s Luigi Zingales. In the study, impatient participants chose to receive a check immediately rather than wait to receive a larger check in two weeks, but many then waited more than three weeks to cash it.
Framing changes how different people answer the question.
How Much Should Facebook Pay You for Your Data?The number of words in news stories and official accounts can reflect the writers’ stereotypes and biases.
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