Thursday, November 27, 2008
Twitter Response to Mumbai
I thought that the CNN article Tweeting the Terror: How Social Media Reacted to Mumbai showed the importance of social media. This Thanksgiving, my family was asking me about Twitter. Although I am not a Twitter "expert" I answered their questions and explained how Twitter sometimes had breaking news within minutes of it happening. This article proved this to be true because right after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai over 80 "tweets" were being written every five seconds with eye witness accounts of what was going on. This proved to be informative and helpful because contact numbers and hotlines were given to locate family and friends and a list of dead and injured was online right away. Also, there was information on hospitals needing blood donations to help the injured. This goes to show how useful and pertinent social media is in today's society. I feel that in the future more people will be using twitter to gain information on breaking news.
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I agree Lauren, once I signed on to Twitter it was inundated with different news and accounts of the Mumbai attack. Twitter is proving to be a great way to keep an eye on breaking news.
Hi Lauren,
I am glad your family is interested in Twitter and you are able to answer their questions!
No doubt Twitter will be used more and more for breaking news and constant updates. Twitter has shown its great potential in crisis communication since Southern California wild fire happened a year or so ago. Local TV station used Twitter to communicate with residents on the latest news while they were being evacuated. To many, that was the only communication they could get at the time.
I think it's amazing just how fast news can travel. It just goes to show you how technology really can bring this world together..hopefully for the better!
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