I've noticed that Facebook is an easy way to share pictures of bad weather. A lot of my friends have recently posted pictures from this weekend's flood. While, of course, you can see these images on the news, it's different when you see how the flood impacted people you actually know.
Also, a few months ago when the tornado touched down in Griffith and the surrounding cities were badly damaged, there were pictures posted as well. You get greater insight on how widespread the damage was.
On that note, I hope everyone stayed safe and that no one's house was damaged too badly.
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I agree that these social networks have helped us stay connected with not just words, but media.
When I was young and would attend a birthday party, for example, you would have to wait at least a week to see pictures of the event taken by friends. You have to wait for them to take the camera (or film!) in to get developed, then wait for the next time you see them.
Now it can literally take minutes. Last weekend I went to a bachelorette party and before I woke up the day after, 4 of my friends had posted our pictures online. I saw the pictures before I had even talked with them about the night.
In addition to pictures, through MySpace and Facebook we can share video clips, or send your friend a link to a job listing you found for them, an interesting article, or send them your favorite song, movie, and the list goes on!
These sites definitely keep us connected in entirely different ways from just 5-10 years ago.
Not just for marketing and sharing photos, but what about social/political causes. Does social networking allow people to connect and mobilize in ways that were never possible before? What are some examples?
I do think that social networking allows people to connect in ways never possible before.
Of course we have media, like live television that offers real-time news. But now, politics are having q&a sessions online on sites such as MySpace. This gets more of the young generation involved in politics like never before. We never had those opportunities in the past, but more and more we're able to connect to others in new and educational ways.
Not getting much attention in the news is the flooding around the Kankakee river. The river has started to cross the roadway on US 41. The bayou near the river in Shelby has crossed and closed State Road 55. There are countless county roads closed down. State road 2 was closed east of Lowell. If you drive down there water is everywhere. There will be millions of dollars in crop damage as the fields are completely flooded.
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