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  • Project tracks how stories of racial violence spread, were reported

    Feb 15, 2023 8:30 am by Jodi HeckelResearch
    Ryan Cordell, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor of information sciences and of English. Photo by Fred Zwicky

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    • Ryan Cordell, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor of information sciences and of English. Photo by Fred Zwicky

    Professor Ryan Cordell is leading a project to examine how stories of racial violence circulated in late 19th century and early 20th century newspapers and how those stories relate to trends in contemporary social media.