Research connects drug war violence in Mexico with desensitization in social media

Amid times of crisis, citizens often turn to social media as a method to share information, make observations and vent. But as a Georgia Tech professor’s research into social media use amid the Mexican drug war shows, posts can reveal growing numbness, or desensitization, during times of protracted violence and stress.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-03/gio…