1. 1. Social Medias Role inEvents of TragedyFinal ProjectMedia & Society: JMA 240April 23, 2013
2. 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. 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. 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. 5. An Instagrampage was alsocreated to showtribute to the SHULAX team usinghashtags#play4setonhilland #onelaxfamily
6. 6. Biff Rendar is a local photographer from Greensburg,he shot this picture with the SHU team and CoachQuigley in mind.
7. 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. 8. Could social media have changed theway we experienced 9/11 andHurricane Katrina?
9. 9. image source: all 9/11 photos are from the 911digitalarchives.com
10. 10. image source: fema.gov, all FEMA images are in the public domain
11. 11. The recent events ofHurricane Sandy and theBoston Marathonbombings have alsosparked social mediaattention
12. 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. 13. image source: northjersey.com
14. 14. image source: public domain, examiner.com
15. 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. 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. 17. Social medias role haschanged dramaticallysince the days of 9/11and Hurricane Katrina.
18. 18. We now are able tocreate support, raiseawareness and help findwanted criminals withthe help of social media.