Glenda CooperReporting Humanitarian Disasters in a Social Media Age
1. Introduction: Telling the Stories of Disasters in a Rapidly Changing
World 2. Distant Suffering in a Digital World: background to the changing
nature of disaster reporting 3. 'The odd mucky weekend - not a one night
stand'. How journalists and aid agencies work together in disasters 4. 'The
First Draft of History' or 'Smoke and Mirrors'? How journalists and aid
agencies see UGC 5. Twitter takeovers and Following the Sun: How aid
agencies now use UGC 6. Cloning and Co-opting: Journalists and control of
UGC 7. 'Tweeting the Quake' How ordinary citizens tell their stories 8.
Ethical Questions Going Forward: Privacy, Permission, Payment 9.
Conclusion: Final Reflections