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Social Media: Is it Good or Bad?

Social media is like people, it is both good and bad at the same time.

See this article about social media, The “Truth” About Hurricane Sandy.

It highlights how social media can be used to misconstrue information that they hear, read or perceive. On the other hand, because of social media, you can find out what they are thinking, saying and telling other people.

A great tool we are using here in Washington state and the Puget Sound is www.firsttosee.org,which is specifically aimed at discerning what people are writing about on social media.

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.