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Select Media Coverage
Silverman, Craig. January 25, 2017. Facebook Changed Its Trending Product To Make It Show The Same Stuff to Everyone. BuzzFeedNews.
Thomson, Clive. January 5, 2017. Social Networks Must Face Up to Their Political Impact. Wired.
Clancy, Amy. December 8, 2016. UW Professor Discusses Dangers, Motives of Fake News. KIRO 7.
Silverman, Craig. October 26, 2016. Here’s Why Facebook’s Trending Algorithm Keeps Promoting Fake News. BuzzFeedNews.
Winters, Chris and Kari Bray. October 26, 2014. "Social media awash in info, but much of it is utterly false." Everett Herald.
Hendersen, J. April 15, 2014. “Twitter Lessons from the Boston Marathon Bombings.” KUOW (NPR affiliate) Radio Interview.
Ma, M. March 18, 2014. “Much misinformation tweeted after 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.” ScienceDaily.
Soper, T. March 18, 2014. “Researchers look to flag false rumors on Twitter during breaking news events.” GeekWire.
Baer, Drake. November 9, 2012. “As Sandy Became #sandy, Emergency Services Got Social.” Fast Company.
Petty, Daniel. September 9, 2010. “Evacuees use Social Media to Keep Up on Boulder Wildfire Disaster Developments.” Denver Post: denverpost.com.
Spellman, Jim. September 22, 2010. “Heading off Disaster, One Tweet at a Time.” CNN Tech.
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