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May 21, 2015

Police set up barriers at Copley Square just moments after the Boston Marathon bombing.

Police set up barriers at Copley Square just moments after the Boston Marathon bombing. A new research article using data from Boston and New York City residents surveyed shortly after the attack finds that people who consume hours of news media on tragedies may become sensitized to future disasters.

Credit: Vjeran Pavic, CC BY-ND 2.0


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