What Are We Learning When We’re on Social Media?
Research explores how algorithms influence our social perceptions.
What Are We Learning When We’re on Social Media?It’s no secret that happiness is contagious, and that it’s good for your health. But does your own happiness affect the health of those around you, too? Chicago Booth’s Ed O’Brien says that it can: having a happy spouse is linked with having better health, even in people who are themselves not very happy.
Research explores how algorithms influence our social perceptions.
What Are We Learning When We’re on Social Media?The answer affects financial planners, caregivers, and many other surrogate decision makers.
Why We’re So Bad at Making Choices for OthersThe pursuit of "mimetic dominance" over others can raise people's valuation of a product above their own intrinsic taste for it.
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