Munson has developed a browser plugin, Balancer, which analyzes online reading habits for political bias.
The UW Today article helped get the word out about Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) Professor Sean Munson's research on political balance, and it was quickly picked up by several news outlets:
- UW Researcher Balances Online Consumption Of Politics, The Daily, 3 October 2012.
- Can You Change Your Political Beliefs?, Smithsonian.com, 1 October 2012.
- Do You Browse to the Left, or the Right?, Pacific Standard, 1 October 2012.
- Software Illustrates the Balance of Political Sites, Bright Side of News, 1 October 2012.
- Can a Plug-in Change Your Politics?, NBC, 28 September 2012
- Leaning left or right? This browser plugin looks to bring balance to political news GeekWire, 27 September 2012.
- Want balanced news? UW prof's Chrome tool tries to help Seattle Times, 27 September 2012.
