Like every other person on this planet, I've been watching with a sad heart the state of affairs in Japan. The images of this crisis bedded in our minds: flat-lands that look like they're covered with painted popsicle sticks, with the occasional boat, train and even airplanes mixed with the rubble. Entire towns and families have been swept away, with chances of survival bleak. There are many families in Japan who still have no idea if their loved ones survived or not.
Communication has been very difficult during this crisis, and I'm finding it interesting, as well as inspiring, how people are communicating their well-being. I stumbled across this article written by Yahoo! that puts me in awe of the development of the social media and communication world. The two cases mentioned in the article relate the story of people in America who located loved ones through the help of YouTube and Twitter. This is AMAZING. The fact that these outlets exist and are even being used during a crisis of this magnitude is truly AMAZING. We have evolved from a society that tinkered with social media to connect with others, to a society that has is using SM as a means of crisis communication. Social media sometimes gets a bad rep for its usefulness, and these success stories shows the limitless possibilities of SM and its uses.
Here's a link to the article. Read, enjoy, and feel free to leave your thoughts.
http://yhoo.it/fmPXsf
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