Last week the US East Coast experienced a 5.8 magnitude earthquake. While comparatively weak compared to quakes experienced elsewhere in the world in the last year, the event was powerful in one sense. It demonstrated the speed of social media. People in New York learnt of the quake before it actually hit, by reading the…
As reported in Mumbrella, the Attorney-General’s Department is supporting research by the University of Western Sydney into how the public seeks and shares information via social media during natural disasters. To complete the survey go here.
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