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Matthew Weber, Peter Andringa, and Philip M. NapoliSeptember 12, 2019
“59 percent of the stories we were able to categorize served a critical information need…Aside from critical information needs, 31 percent of stories categorized covered sports and 9 percent were obituaries.”
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Philip M. Napoli, Matthew Weber, Peter Andringa, and. "Researchers analyzed more than 300,000 local news stories on Facebook. Here’s what they found.." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 12 Sep. 2019. Web. 25 Apr. 2024.
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