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Coddington and Seth Lewis, Mark. "Avoiding the news isn’t the same as not consuming it." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 25 Mar. 2024. Web. 21 Dec. 2024.
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Chicago
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