coronavirus – MIT Center for Civic Media https://civic.mit.edu Creating Technology for Social Change Tue, 31 Mar 2020 15:58:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2 https://civic.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2018/03/cropped-CivicMedia_Symbol_K_RGB-32x32.png coronavirus – MIT Center for Civic Media https://civic.mit.edu 32 32 Taking time away from coronavirus news on social media: an update from Gobo https://civic.mit.edu/2020/03/31/taking-time-away-from-coronavirus-news-on-social-media-an-update-from-gobo/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 15:57:46 +0000 https://civic.mit.edu/?p=2763 It’s difficult to browse social media these days without seeing news on coronavirus. In fact, every other post seems to be related to concerns, updates, and memes about coronavirus — and with good reason. These are unprecedented times where a health crisis has taken place on a truly global scale, and most of our daily lives have been impacted in some way. Given the nature of this virus, many of us are spending more and […]]]>