The article deals with a social issue. It seems to me patent that the author, working for a popular media outlet (CNN) chose an issue that has popular appeal. Friends and strangers are an issue that everyone from a child as young as six or seven (or younger) to an adult (particularly adolescent) would be interested in.
The article is written in an appealing manner, obviously slanted to a lay rather than professional audience. The vocabulary is simplistic; popular imagery is included (such as the TV show "The Newlywed Game"); technical terms are simplified; and explanation of related neurological material is excluded.
I find the article deceptive, even dangerous, in that it excludes essential details such as the characteristics of the 94 participants, the environment in which the study occurred, characteristics of friends and strangers,...
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