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SUSPENDED TIME
14:46
3.11 2011
II. MASS MEDIA
A comparison of major TV stations in Japan, on the moments the first emergency announcements were broadcast.
I. SOCIAL MEDIA
"On Twitter, we saw a 500% increase in Tweets from Japan as people reached out to friends, family and loved ones in the moments after the March 2011 earthquake. This video shows the volume of @replies traveling into and out of Japan in a one-hour period just before and then after the earthquake. Replies directed to users in Japan are shown in pink; messages directed at others from Japan are shown in yellow."
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