Mapping Media Coverage Of Mass Shootings, Hurricanes And More

The media shapes public perception about current events, but that doesn’t mean we all see or hear the same things. A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a platform for “studying media ecosystems” that reveals how news events are framed by media outlets around the world.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks with Anushka Shah (), a researcher at the MIT Center for Civic Media, about how the works and what it has found.