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Manon
05/01/2014 18:23
If I were to summarize the things I learned from making this practical assignment, it'd look like this!
Consequences of using social media as a tool during this disaster are all different. First of all, a lot of awareness was spread. All groups of the population got to know about...
Eveline
05/01/2014 15:15
When I started with this project, I was very excited. I really felt that this project was something I would like. It seems right now, during the project, that this all got less but that wasn't the case. I really liked finding out about these NGO's, setting up the debate and asking friends and...
Family links network
03/01/2014 18:14
If you're looking for someone missing in the Philippines, or if you have information about someone there, you can reach out to the ICRC restoring family links network: familylinks.icrc.org/en/pages/home.aspx
A Google crisis map has also been added to detail areas designated for...
Facts as of 12/13
03/01/2014 17:57
On the thirteenth of december, nearly five weeks after typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines, these were the facts:
Over 6000 people have been reported dead.
Almost 2000 people are still missing.
Over 27000 are reported as injured.
Close to 4 million people were...
One of the five most stunning posts on Social Media: Statistics
02/01/2014 00:00
These 3 pictures show some statistics of Typhoon Haiyan.
The first picture shows the amount of people affected, the number of of people displaced, the deaths and number of the evacuation centres giving housing to centrain amount of people. Of the 11.8 people affected were 921212 displaced,...
One of the five most stunning posts on Social Media: Devastation
02/01/2014 00:00
This picture says so much about the situation in the Pihlippines. The power and telephone lines are broken, making it so hard to contact the area because calling doesn't work and people have no electricity. Thus, it is also difficult to contact the people living in this area. On the right top, you...
One of the five most stunning posts on Social Media: Short films
02/01/2014 00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNh-_SXdUgA
This little clip is quite spectacular. This is filmed with a low quality filming device, but it clearly shows the power of this Typhoon increasing within 2 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhbfWHtlk5I
In this small film, we see a part of a...
One of the five most stunning posts on Social Media: Trijntje Oosterhuis
02/01/2014 00:00
Trijntje Oosterhuis, a Dutch singer and member of the jury of 'The Voice of Holland', also used Social Media for a donation to Giro 555. She posted on her Facebook and Twitter account that for every like on her Facebook account, she would donate 1€. The Dutch liked it massively and she got more...
One of the five most stunning posts on Social Media: Nick and Simon
02/01/2014 00:00
One of the most stunning posts on Social Media was a post of the Dutch artists Nick and Simon from Volendam. They own a Facebook page together and both write things about their lives as an artist on it; Simon ending it with SK and Nick with an N.
Nick and Simon wanted to make their fans aware...
Impact of Social Media
18/12/2013 12:52
So what exactly has the impact of social media been during the past two months on the situation in the Philipines?
Spreading awareness
Reaching out to younger groups of the population which aren't usually reached by the news
Setting up actions and action groups on Twitter and...
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