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The key role of mainstream media in disaster management
from Thomas Reuters Foundation
Ever since the Haiti earthquake in 2010, social media has become an essential tool for managing emergencies as the combined power of social networks, mobile phones and mapping technology provides citizens with an unprecedented opportunity to seek help in a disaster. Using Twitter as a basis for crisis maps is now commonplace, while news media have become increasingly digital and can be analyzed in real time for disaster management purposes.
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