Researchers assess social media during shootings
A Clemson research study revealed that closer monitoring of social media during active shooter incidents in the U-S is needed to prevent the rapid spread of false information. ClemsonUniversity and WesternKentuckyUniversity researchers studied incidents in pre-kindergarten through high schools. Their key finding has just been published in ‘Computers in Human Behavior.’ The study found that a large portion of information shared on social media was false.