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In Emergencies People Turn to Web 2.0

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 2, 2008 (Reference is to May 1, 2008 posting by Mitch Wagner).

In Emergencies, People Turn To Web 2.0, Not Traditional News
"When danger is at their door, people turn to social media sites, blogs, and instant messages, rather than the mainstream news media, for necessary information. Twitter and Google mashups in particular prove far more useful than traditional government channels, according to a report prepared at the University of Colorado. I learned that the hard way myself last year."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on May 02, 2008 (boomark / email).