1 In 3 Facebook Users Swayed By Friends’ Political Posts

Author: Jane Susskind
Published: 21 Dec, 2011
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Updated: 21 Nov, 2022●
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1 In 3 Facebook Users Swayed By Friends’ Political Posts
Some 51 percent of social media users have posted political messages on their Facebook wall, yet only about one-third (36 percent) have changed their mind on an issue based on the political content a friend posted on social media.
Market researcher Lab 42 surveyed 500 social media users on…
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