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Schmidt, Christine. "Americans expect to get their news from social media, but they don’t expect it to be accurate." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 10 Sep. 2018. Web. 15 Nov. 2019.
APA
Schmidt, C. (2018, Sep. 10). Americans expect to get their news from social media, but they don’t expect it to be accurate. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved November 15, 2019, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/09/americans-expect-to-get-their-news-from-social-media-but-they-dont-expect-it-to-be-accurate/
Chicago
Schmidt, Christine. "Americans expect to get their news from social media, but they don’t expect it to be accurate." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified September 10, 2018. Accessed November 15, 2019. https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/09/americans-expect-to-get-their-news-from-social-media-but-they-dont-expect-it-to-be-accurate/.
Wikipedia
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| title = Americans expect to get their news from social media, but they don’t expect it to be accurate
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| first = Christine
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| date = 10 September 2018
| accessdate = 15 November 2019
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