
By: Sara Estes Cohen on March 07, 2013 First it was the AOL chat rooms, followed by online community chat and discussion boards, then it was blogs. Since 2000, social media has expanded to include Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more. Social media today is not about the tools, but the technology and behavior [...]
In case of disaster, “reach out and tweet” feds advise
Today COPE put on a very successful Map Your Neighborhood event, with over 50 participants. Pictures will be up soon, check out our site gallery. An interesting point was raised during the event about what technology we may be able to count on during a disaster. The below article from Pittsburgh Review highlights research [...]
The Role of Social Media During an Emergency

“Concerned citizens and visitors, as well as the friends and families of Virginia Beach residents, were turning to the city’s Facebook page to find out the latest information on what the city was doing to prepare for Hurricane Irene and to get information on how to prepare their homes and families for the impending [...]
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