What is social media?

•Social media is a collective term for websites and applications that focus on communication, community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration. People use social media to stay in touch and interact with friends, family and various communities.

How social media helped families in gathering information during calamities?

•It helped families, social workers and government in discerning information during calamities. Through social media every family can easily communicate their relatives from other places especially those outside the country. While social workers it can be a tool to educate them informations during calamities.

How can we communicate during disaster?

During a disaster

If you have a life-threatening emergency, call 911. Avoid making phone calls except in serious emergencies. If you must make a call, keep the conversation brief. For non-emergency communication, use text messages, email and social media instead of making phone calls.

Why social media is very important?

• Social media is important because it allows you to reach and engage with your family no matter their location is far. When during a calamities or tragedy we can use social media to connect to our family’s, it can use social Media to check if everyone is safe

How social media has helped families, social workers, and government in discerning information during calamities?

It helped families, social workers and government in discerning information during calamities. Through social media every family can easily communicate their relatives from other places especially those outside the country. While social workers it can be a tool to educate them informations during calamities.