A Comparative Study of News Exposure and Consumption On and Off Facebook
Published in The 28th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing, 2025
Thi paper raises critical questions: Do social media platforms foster misinformation and contribute to echo chambers?To address this ongoing debate, our study directly compares news exposure on Facebook (where algorithmic influence is strong) with news consumption off-platform (where user behavior plays a larger role).