How the Blogging Community Accelerated Tsunami Relief

Blogs and Wikis Are Providing Instant Visibility, Information-Sharing, and Coordination

January 6, 2005

How can the Internet assist in coping with major disasters? Disaster relief in the wake of the earthquake and tsu-nami disaster that hit the shores of Southeast Asia and Africa has been accelerated by the rapid response of the blogging community. Blogs evolved to Wikis, providing the world’s fastest communally-created comprehensive and authoritative information resource for relief workers and families.

 

Members: sign in to download and read this article!

 


Sign in to download the full article

0 comments


Be the first one to comment.

You must be a member to comment. Sign in or create a free account.