On social media, it keeps families informed through posts and tweets that can be verified by legitimate or reliable sources, assists in locating your family, connecting with them via video calls, and chatting during a crisis. While for social workers, this can be used to educate people about disaster.And most especially, our government, with the help of social media, can spread or disseminate information through the use of social media that could save many families or many people from calamities. Social media helps the community to be alive, alert, and awake. So they have played a big role in helping people.

How does the use of social media different from the past where information is only provided by the media (TV, radio, and print)

With the help of social media, the interaction and communication became better, easier and faster. There is an instant and effective way of communication. Unlike in the past, for example the news, it is not delivered on the actual time to the people around the world.
During this time, information dissemination is very slow and time-consuming, which increases the burden of the people suffering from the calamities. But now with social media, everything is much easier because just by having an internet connection and a phone, all the information you need will be given to you. It is much faster, more efficient, and more timely.