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The good and bad uses of social media. Where will you be?

By Kevin

I'm an optimist by nature. So when it comes to social media I see all the good things which can from it. This weekend I saw the highs and the lows in the use of social media. Look no further than the earthquake in Haiti to see the tremendous good which comes from social media. Jake Lule, a professor of journalism at Lehigh University and author of "Daily News, Eternal Stories: The Mythological Role of Journalism" has an inspiring story in this morning's Philadelphia Inquirer. Lule, who has been covering the severe poverty and disease in Haiti for 10 years is at first cynical of the role mainstream media in covering human tragedy. On Jan. 12, there was one U.S. reporter in Haiti. A week later, there were hundreds. Some have already come and gone...continue to full post

Full post as published by Real Lawyers : Have Blogs on February 21, 2010 (boomark / email).