According to researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, sharing news articles with friends and followers on social media can prompt people to think they know more about the articles’ topics than they actually do, reports attorney Omar Ochoa.Social media sharers believe that they are knowledgeable about the content they share, even if they have not read it or have only glanced at a headline, states the research, titled “I Share, Therefore I Know” by Susan M. Broniarczyk, Professor of Marketing, and Adrian Ward, Assistant Professor of Marketing, at the University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business.“In ...