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COVID-19 messages make emergency alerts just another text in the crowd on your home screen

  • Written by Elizabeth Ellcessor, Associate Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia
COVID-19 messages make emergency alerts just another text in the crowd on your home screenPeople of a certain age remember radio and television broadcasts interrupted by tests of the Emergency Broadcast System.filo/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

On a spring day in 2020, residents of El Paso, Texas, saw their phones light up with a text message: “Avoid parks/family gatherings this Easter. Stay home, stay safe. Do it for...

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