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Monday, 5 December 2011

#Historical events affected by social media

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The presidential election in 2008 largely used social media for interaction. Before that no campaign had used social media so extensively.


The Hudson River emergency landing was one of the most famous instances of reporting via Twitter. Onlooker Janis Krums probably wasn't anticipating he'd be the first to break the story when he snapped this shot with his phone. Nevertheless, he uploaded the photo to TwitPic while on the ferry to rescue the passengers.


After the election in Iran, Twitter became an integral content distribution tool for the Iran riots, whether through cries of opposition against candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi or updates about the violence taking place. The social network was so crucial to the people in Iran that Twitter rescheduled maintenance around the controversy.


After a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, nonprofits used social media to mobilize rescue efforts and to support the community.


As soon as news broke of the Chilean miners' rescue, so did television and online records. Social media buzz peaked at approximately 104,000 tweets per hour.

When Internet, SMS and broadcast TV was unavailable in Egypt, the international community relied on journalists for real-time updates on Twitter and Facebook.Nicholas Kristof of the New York Timesposted detailed updates to his Facebook page, alongside others who made similar pages in solidarity of the movement.
On May 1, 2011 Twitter exploded with the news of Osama bin Laden's death. Afterwards, the White House tweeted the news and President Barack Obama addressed the public.

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