Colleges are experimenting with social networks — including Facebook and MySpace — to deliver emergency alerts, as detailed in a free Chronicle article today.
Some officials are excited by the ability of social networks to make emergency information interactive, allowing students, professors, or administrators to report on-the-ground details if disaster strikes that could help emergency officials or others on campus. But other campus emergency officials feel that official university pages should not be open to outside comment, for fear that people could post rumors or false information that could do more harm than good. Do you think your campus should allow interactive emergency alerts?
