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“In a well-functioning system, citizens need to be actively engaged in their government and aware of decisions made by their elected representatives. Newspapers are a means of citizen engagement, and this study provides evidence of the importance of this link.”
Schmidt, Christine. "How getting WhatsApp API access helped this Brazilian team project process 70,000 fact-checking questions." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 30 Nov. 2018. Web. 26 Dec. 2024.
APA
Schmidt, C. (2018, Nov. 30). How getting WhatsApp API access helped this Brazilian team project process 70,000 fact-checking questions. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/11/how-getting-whatsapp-api-access-helped-this-brazilian-team-project-process-70000-fact-checking-questions/
Chicago
Schmidt, Christine. "How getting WhatsApp API access helped this Brazilian team project process 70,000 fact-checking questions." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified November 30, 2018. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/11/how-getting-whatsapp-api-access-helped-this-brazilian-team-project-process-70000-fact-checking-questions/.
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