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Report: In Emergencies, People Turn to Facebook

Apr 30, 2008

ReadWriteWeb A study that will appear in tomorrow's New Scientist magazine found that social media sites, blogs, and instant messaging services were better at connecting people and providing warnings during emergencies than traditional sources of such information, according to the Telegraph. Dr. Leysia Palen, an Assistant Professor of (Read More)

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Carterfsmith,

May 01, 2008

: Great find - I first noted that three police departments were on Facebook (there are now five) and two (there's now a third, but no posts yet, though they have 5 followers) are on Twitter. I made some suggestions in our recent book that police departments could find innovative ways to communicate with the communities, and I have been impressed with those who are (and I am waiting patiently for the tens of thousands who are not). I delved a little deeper into a hypothetical scenario in a post on Social Network Commerce.

I have noted also that a fire department is Twittering (update: Now there's a second). The @LAFD has a very active presence in the Twitterverse, and they add followers by the day (you can follow them, too) though they are only following one. And I just realized that there are nine (yes, 9) Fire Departments on Facebook -- wow!

And yesterday (Wednesday, April 30, 2008), while Twittering with Chris Brogan (@chrisbrogan), I learned from @wscottw3 (yeah, the Comcast guy) that Amber Alerts are on Twitter, too - see @Amber_Alert, whose Twitter Feed is directly from the national website DM.

http://carterfsmith.blogspot.com/2008/04/amber-alerts-using-social-web-at-least.html

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Hoshposh,

Oct 09, 2008

: Also raises the importance of someones reliability and whether you can trust the news you hear from those social sites. Great insight though

Zahhh,

Oct 09, 2008

: i believe people will take in any negative breaking news immediately and check on it, hence the acceptance of citizen journalism. Who would post a rumor about earthquake or gun shooting? great article.