Responding to crises on social networks

People share all kinds of information about their lives on social networking sites, and not all of the news is good. Along with posts about vacations and weddings, users read about illness, death, and crisis – and find themselves struggling to come up with an appropriate response. Dan Gottlieb discusses response and responsibility online.

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