By:  Yael  Teryohin   Photo:  IgorTer  (Flickr)  

More  than  50%  of  individuals  learn  about  breaking  news  through  their  social  networking  

sites  instead  of  tradi0onal  news  media    

Photo  by:  Yuichiro  Chino  (Flickr)    Source:  Roy  Morejon,  How  social  Media  is  replacing  TradiEonal  Journalism  as  a  news  source      

Photo  via  Flickr  by:  Null  Value    

Recently social media has been on a rise for helping police in investigations  

Crowdsourcing: a practice that gathers together services, ideas or content from a large group of people. These days they are typically done online where it is easy to gather together a large group of people using social media networks.  

Photo  Via  Flick  by:  Harley  Astorga      

Source:  Benji  Arriola,  When  Search  and  Social  Media  Can  help  Solve  Crime  

Crowdsourcing in the internet age has taken the public’s involvement in solving crimes to a new level  

Photo  via  Flickr  by:  Will  C.  

Photo  by  Bernard  Bujold  (Flicker)  

Less  than  24hrs  aQer  the  two  explosions.  The  FBI  had  compiled  10  terabytes  of  date  from  the  public  in  hopes  of  finding  informaEon  that  

would  help  lead  them  to  the  suspects    

Source:  Sonny  Singh,  How  Big  Data  Use  is  Helping  Catch  Criminals    

According to Corporal Frank Domizio of the Philadelphia Police Department, approximately 200 videos are shared online and

promoted in social media sites let to 112 arrests as of

December 2012

Source:  Benji  Arriola,  When  Search  and  Social  Media  Can  help  Solve  Crime  

 

InternaEonal  AssociaEon  of  Chief  of  Police  found  that  in  2011,  40%  of  agencies  were  using  social  media  to  solicit  Eps  from  the  public.  Just  one  year  later,  that  percentage  jumped  to  56.8%    

Photo  by  Jason  Howie  (Flickr)  

Source:  Casey  Glynn  Boston  Marathon  Bombing  “Crowdsourcing”  How  ciEzens  are  using  the  internet  to  help  solve  crimes    

Photo  by:  neimon2  (Flickr)    

Responses are quicker; and the scope is much larger- than the traditional tip line” Mancy Kolb

Source:  Boston  Marathon  Bombing  “Crowdsourcing”  How  ciEzens  are  using  the  internet  to  help  solve  crimes    

“Social  media  is  at  the  forefront  of  events”  Wosmefski  

Photo  by  Anjuga  Grali  (Flickr)  Source:  Bostom  Marathon  Bombing  “Crowdsourcing:”  How  ciEzens  are  using  the  internet  to  help  solve  crimes    

AQer  the  2011  Vancouver  riots,  invesEgators  received  5,000  hours  of  video  from  the  public,  

helping  them  find  suspect    

Image:  Lesly  Furon  (Flickr)+  Photoshop  Source:  Douglas  Quan,  Boston  bombing  invesEgators  may  turn  to  Vancouver  for  help  analyzing  videos    

Photo  by:  Lee  Traupel  (Flickr)    

Incorrect identification of suspects can cause the investigation to slow down ; in worse cases it can put an innocent person behind bars

Created  through  Photoshop:  Inspired  by  Google  Images  

TradiFonal  media  outlets  feel  pressure  from  social  media  being  such  a  quick  way  to  disseminate  

informaFon  

Causing  them  to  post wrong information  without  ensuring  it  

is  true  just  to  get  ahead  of  social  media  

Image:  Karl  Londy  (Flickr)  

Social  media  also  aids  disaster  recovery  efforts  called:  Digital  Philanthropy    

Photo  by  Peter  Patau  (Flickr)  

Social media has made a difference before, during and after catastrophes by providing easy accessibility, raising awareness and providing

donations

Photo:  Haris  lorgi  (Flickr)  

During the earthquake in Haiti, social media users were used as a base for

volunteers by Ushahidi, a piece of software that allows digital

volunteers to create maps for first responders in a disaster zone

Photo  by  Thpls  (Flickr)  

Source:  Trends  in  Social  Media:  Use  in  Natural  Disasters    

Study  found  that  more  than  55%  of  digital  ac0ve,  cause-­‐Savvy  American  adults  were  likely  to  do  far  

more  than  simply  “like”  a  cause  

Source:  Reuter,  Social  Media  Users  are  More  Willing  to  Support  a  Good  Cause  

Source:  Reuter,  Social  Media  Users  are  More  Willing  to  Support  a  Good  Cause  

Photo:  Igorter  (Flickr)  

52% to donate personal items or food

Source:  Reuter,  Social  Media  Users  are  More  Willing  to  Support  a  Good  Cause  

Photo:  Steve  Crawford  (flickr)  

Source:  Reuter,  Social  Media  Users  are  More  Willing  to  Support  a  Good  Cause  

54%  of  respondents  indicate  they  are  more  likely  to  support  a  cause  through  social  media  

rather  than  offline  

Source:  Reuter,  Social  Media  Users  are  More  Willing  to  Support  a  Good  Cause  

Image:  Sherly  Lung  (Flickr)  

In  a  Eme  of  restricted  budgets,  the  online  world  has  saved  some  invesEgators  Fme  and  money  because  it  someEmes  provides  the  

one  (p  that  results  in  a  case  closed  

Image:  Ben  HasEng  (Flickr)  

Social media can’t save us. It can help, but we need engaged,

active and well informed people to make the change!

Image:  Sulina2N  (Flickr)  

1.  hcp://socialmediatoday.com/roymorejon/567751/how-­‐social-­‐media-­‐replacing-­‐tradiEonal-­‐journalism-­‐news-­‐source  

2.   hcp://www.internetmarkeEnginc.com/blog/when-­‐search-­‐and-­‐social-­‐media-­‐can-­‐help-­‐solve-­‐crime-­‐boston-­‐marathon-­‐explosion/  

3.  hcp://o-­‐www.emulex.com/blogs/labs/2013/05/14/big-­‐data-­‐helping-­‐catch-­‐criminals/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EmulexLabs+(Emulex+Labs)  

4.  hcp://www.cbsnews.com/8301-­‐504083_162-­‐57580106-­‐504083/boston-­‐marathon-­‐bombing-­‐crowdsourcing-­‐how-­‐ciEzens-­‐are-­‐using-­‐the-­‐internet-­‐to-­‐help-­‐solve-­‐crimes/  

5.   hcp://www.canada.com/news/Boston+bombing+invesEgators+turn+Vancouver+help+analyzing+videos/8251429/story.html  

6.  hcp://www.mysecurecyberspace.com/arEcles/classroom/trends-­‐in-­‐social-­‐media-­‐use-­‐in-­‐natural-­‐disasters.html  

7.   hcp://digitalmediaandscience.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/social-­‐media-­‐users-­‐are-­‐more-­‐willing-­‐to-­‐support-­‐a-­‐good-­‐cause/  

S  O  U  R  C  E  S