When asked to read a magazine article, 40% of college students thought that the author had performed the research reported in the article: "The willingness of students to believe that anyone who writes is an expert and authority was striking." Kate Manuel
—How first-year college students read Popular Scienceb> (Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education)
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