Twitter crowdsourced

Twitter Crowdsourced

MAis um exemplo da eficiência das mídias pós-massivas em situações de crise. O Twitter está sendo usado como fonte de informação durante os trabalhos de resgate e ajuda ao terremoto que sacudiu a Chine ontem…(via Smart Mobs).

“A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Wenchuan County in China’s southwestern Sichuan Province Monday afternoon. Details were given in an early report from Xinhua on Thaindian News

The Online Journalisme Blog of Paul Bradshaw keeps us posted on twitters crowdsourcing role. Also read what BBC states about the twitter coverage and see how Summize wraps up China’s latest earthquake info.

While the mainstream media scrambled to put up their ‘breaking news’ headlines, on Twitter we had pictures, maps, videos all being sent in real-time, says VentureBeat. Young Dutch Twitterer CasperOdJ was one of the first live reporters from Chengdu China.

‘A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Wenchuan County in China’s southwestern Sichuan Province Monday afternoon. Details were given in an early report from Xinhua on Thaindian News’

The Online Journalisme Blog of Paul Bradshaw keeps us posted on twitters crowdsourcing role. Also read what BBC states about the […]”