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Article: STUDENTS PROCESS THEIR GRIEF ON WEB SITES TECHNOLOGY RESHAPING HOW WE REACT TO AND DEAL WITH TRAGEDY.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- April 18, 2007
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Byline: P-I STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES
CHICAGO -- Horrible, real-world happenings are unfolding almost simultaneously in the virtual world, as Virginia Tech students and people from all over the world gather online to grieve and vent.
From blogging to cell phone video, technology has forever changed the way we process and communicate about tragedy.
The intersection of technology and tragedy made for a lengthy topic in professor Kathy Gill's blogging, media and politics class Tuesday at the University of Washington.
"We talked about the shootings in the context of the information coming out of the community through Flickr photos, through ...