Dr. Jack Lule, Lehigh journalism professor wrote an op-ed for the Philadelphia Inquirer this past Sunday re: Social Media & the earthquake in Haiti.

Check it out here.

See Lehigh’s efforts on fundraising for Haiti here.

Lule has been studying news coverage of Haiti for more than a decade and notes that social media may be the ticket to overcome “the restless spotlight” which switches to the next disaster before the first is a few days old.

For me this hearkens back to the recent revolt in Iran, when the government tried to shut down all outside contact and yet tweets and texts still broke through. Does social media bring hope as Lule suggests? Will it serve to illuminate what the mainstream media is leaving out?