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&#x27;t. This will often happen with pessimistic viewpoints.<p>An interesting example of this is explored in this article:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;10&#x2F;01&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;nicholas-kristof-the-most-important-thing-and-its-almost-a-secret.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;10&#x2F;01&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;nicholas-kristof-t...</a>