Transcript of Social Media’s Role
- 1. Social Medias Role inEvents of TragedyFinal ProjectMedia
& Society: JMA 240April 23, 2013
- 2. Social Medias Progress Over theYearsTerrorist Attacks
September 11, 2001:During the 9/11 terrorist attacks almost no form
of socialmedia was available. Information was given via phones
andthrough the news. Not everyone owned a cellphone backthen making
it harder to communicate.Hurricane Katrina August 23-30 2005:Social
media and technology were up and coming aroundthe time Hurricane
Katrina. MySpace was one of the onlyforms of social media. Had
social media become asdeveloped as it is today, there could have
been a muchdifferent outcome for the victims in New Orleans.
- 3. Social Medias Progress Over theYearsThenNowSince events like
9/11 andSeton Hill UniversitysHurricane Katrina, social Womens
Lacrosse team wasmedia has become a source traveling to their
gameto turn to for information. Saturday morning on March16th when
their bus veeredSites like Facebook and off the Pennsylvania
TurnpikeTwitter allow society to be killing head coach
Kristinainformed about events thatQuigley, her unborn baby andare
happening. Social media the bus driver. Support fromsites also can
become anall over the country began toamazing support system. pour
in through social mediasites. A Facebook groupTake the tragic
accident that called Play 4 Seton Hill washappen this past March
created.
- 4. BostonMarathonSeton HillBombings:University: technology
HurricaneFacebookand social Sandy: group media led Hurricane social
created toto the Katrina:mediashow9/11: nodiscovery of some social
allowedsupport forform of the media, butpeople tothe
SHUWsocialsuspects not contactLAX teammediaeffective family and
friends, raise awareness
- 5. An Instagrampage was alsocreated to showtribute to the
SHULAX team usinghashtags#play4setonhilland #onelaxfamily
- 6. Biff Rendar is a local photographer from Greensburg,he shot
this picture with the SHU team and CoachQuigley in mind.
- 7. With the help of social media and onlinetributes, a
scholarship fund was started forCoach Quigleys son on the
siteGoFundMe.comOver $70,000 has been raised
- 8. Could social media have changed theway we experienced 9/11
andHurricane Katrina?
- 9. image source: all 9/11 photos are from the
911digitalarchives.com
- 10. image source: fema.gov, all FEMA images are in the public
domain
- 11. The recent events ofHurricane Sandy and theBoston
Marathonbombings have alsosparked social mediaattention
- 12. Stars from the MTV show Jersey Shore and othercelebrities
participated inthe Restore the Shorefundraiser to help giveback to
those affected by the Hurricane and usedsocial media to help raise
awareness for the cause
- 13. image source: northjersey.com
- 14. image source: public domain, examiner.com
- 15. Social media and technology played a large role in the
recent eventsthat occurred this past week in the Boston Marathon
bombings.image source: AP, csmonitor.com
- 16. Cellphone usage of video and pictures being taken at the
marathon led to thecapture and death of the two suspectedfor the
attacks less than a week later.image source: public domain,
FBI
- 17. Social medias role haschanged dramaticallysince the days of
9/11and Hurricane Katrina.
- 18. We now are able tocreate support, raiseawareness and help
findwanted criminals withthe help of social media.