We live in a world full of stereotypes – and everybody knows it. This is a phenomenon that won’t stop, because mass-media tends to increase it and it has a huge impact on people. A popular stereotype about people and pets is that those who have a dog as a pet tend to have more friends than the people who own cats.
A content analysis made by Facebook busted the myth. They wanted to find out if this stereotype is true and they analyzed the data from about 160.000 people from U.S. The pictures and people status, as well as Facebook friends were relevant for this study. Read on to find out the truth!