Washington Post publisher Philip Graham called journalism the “first rough draft of history,” but as a new research paper from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism notes, that role is increasingly being played by social media such as Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and Facebook. Read More »
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A study that looked at the use of social media, text messaging, interactive maps and other online tools during the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake says they helped co-ordinate rescue efforts and aid, but that more work needs to be done to make them fully effective. Read More »
Zynga, maker of the popular Facebook social game Farmville, has been hit with criticism on Twitter and elsewhere over allegations that it only sent half the money it raised for Haiti to that country. Zynga says this is based on a misunderstanding about its Farmville campaign. Read More »
Though text donations for earthquake disaster relief in Haiti originally faced 90-day delays until they got to charities, now the four major American mobile carriers have committed to making an exception and passing the donations to Haiti more quickly. Read More »
Text-to-give campaigns have gone viral in the two days following the massively destructive 7.0 earthquake in Haiti on Jan. 12. But those donations aren’t in Haiti yet — it’s standard practice in the young mobile giving industry for donations to be delayed by 90 days. Read More »
