The Relationship Between Social Media and Terror Attacks

Whitney Phillips, assistant professor in the school of Visual and Performing Arts, was interviewed by several outlets for stories about social media and terror attacks including the Washington Post, NBC News, Wired, BuzzFeed, Motherboard, The Sydney Morning Herald and EuroNews.

In the NBC News article, Phillips said that “there are so many ways in which social media platforms facilitate, embolden and incentivize all kinds of bigoted expression.”