Society - Written Friday, January 15, 2010 by Laura M. Carrillo - 2 Comments

Helping Haiti – Social media doing its part

You cannot turn on the major television networks without seeing pictures and up to date coverage of Tuesday’s massive earthquake in Haiti. While that is the standard course of action during any major crisis, what is different during this disaster is the amount of sustained “coverage” of the quake trending on social media. What I find specifically fascinating is the way the channel is being used for outreach and donation support. #HelpHaiti continues to be a top trending topic on Twitter this morning, while numerous posts and a couple donation sites have popped up on Facebook; though it is still difficult to determine which of the Facebook sites are legitimate. Continue…