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Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: The web censorship fight heats up, and BuzzFeed’s new social news model." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 16 Dec. 2011. Web. 12 Dec. 2024.
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Coddington, M. (2011, Dec. 16). This Week in Review: The web censorship fight heats up, and BuzzFeed’s new social news model. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved December 12, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2011/12/this-week-in-review-the-web-censorship-fight-heats-up-and-buzzfeeds-new-social-news-model/
Chicago
Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: The web censorship fight heats up, and BuzzFeed’s new social news model." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified December 16, 2011. Accessed December 12, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2011/12/this-week-in-review-the-web-censorship-fight-heats-up-and-buzzfeeds-new-social-news-model/.
Wikipedia
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