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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Direct Content. What’s so important or interesting about this?

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. An example of an API is when you put a Bing or Google Map on your website.). Google Maps. Wikipedia is a community, Craigslist is a community, Moveon.org is a community, eBay for crying out loud is a community. " The year was 2005. Podcasting.