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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

On the morning of July 7th, a page was created for the events taking place in central London and as both television news and personal witnesses revealed more information the page content grew – by the minute. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Costs & Benefits.

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Steve Bridger ›

Steve Bridger

I don’t think we can deny some of the power relationships that are in place), and even ‘charity’, to better capture the reality of our ‘connectedness’ What do *you* think? But the bottom-line: Cracks are showing everywhere in our increasingly unsustainable economic and environmental global order.

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