The Humanity of Social Media
- At June 12, 2015
- By rbadmin
- In Blog
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April 25, 2015: Facebook shared the news, while tweets delivered the message and photos revealed the devastation. The first of two deadly earthquakes hit Nepal.
Within minutes of the tragedy, social media proved its greatest quality, to empower and create a global community for good. Trending hashtags rose with #prayfornepal #nepal and #nepalearthquake. These messages of news, hope and sympathy motivated friends, family and followers to reach out and help. From the NY Times, to sports heroes and even beloved bloggers, a global community ascended to support Nepal.
This is the power of social media.
Over a month has passed and the efforts to help Nepal are still in motion. Just this morning schools and organizations used social media to promote charity events dedicated to this cause. Often times we forget about the gravity of a disaster, when we live far from it, but social media aids all “sharers” to remember and keep the humanity within all of us alive.