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by NCSU News Service — December 11, 2020 . A recent study finds a powerful correlation between the extent to which users trust Facebook, and the intensity of their Facebook use. The study also finds what contributes to that user trust. “We looked at both trust and distrust, testing for them separately,” says Yang Cheng, an assistant professor of communication at North Carolina State University first author of the study. Broadly speaking, trust is when you expect a person or entity to beha...

 E-Mail A recent study finds a powerful correlation between the extent to which users trust Facebook, and the intensity of their Facebook use. The study also finds what contributes to that user trust. "We looked at both trust and distrust, testing for them separately," says Yang Cheng, an assistant professor of communication at North Carolina State University first author of the study. Broadly speaking, trust is when you expect a person or entity to behave in a positive way, whereas distrust i...