The article makes a passing mention of media being a hub of these networks. One effect of this is that people will believe that there are epidemics of sorts (vi

The article makes a passing mention of media being a hub of these networks. One effect of this is that people will believe that there are epidemics of sorts (violence, economic, etc.) when in fact there aren't. This will often happen with pessimistic viewpoints. An interesting example of this is explored in this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/01/opinion/nicholas-kristof-the-most-important-thing-and-its-almost-a-secret.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/01/opinion/nicholas-kristof-t...