The Buzz: Help Japan

People from across the world have come together to on one of the most powerful platforms of all times: social media; to help millions of people in Japan who continue with their struggle to survive without water, food and electricity.

The number of aid campaigns supporting Japan has been on the rise. From global charitable support groups, schools, corporate, NGOs, governments, publishers, celebrities, etc; the whole world has risen to this new awareness that Japan is facing one of the worst humanitarian crisis of all times.

Buzz Trends:

Share of Voice – where did people talk?

Daily Search Results

Top countries that participated in discussions on social media

Top web domains where people shared their concerns about Japan

Content Tone

Verbatim:

“Hopefully this will raise awareness of what could happen.”

“People have to be ready.”

Rebecca Black is donating the proceeds of her song Friday to Japan Tsunami/Earthquake Relief. You should report that.

“The Japan tsunami grabs my heart every time I hear of the devastation. A school that had a 108 children 77 of them are missing and presumed dead.”

“An IPMG company, is selling limited edition art prints to raise money for the Red Cross Japan Tsunami appeal.”

“Recently Japan has been struck by a powerful earthquake and hit by a massive tsunami. Worst a Nuclear plant has threatened thousands of residents. I want to help Japan by sharing 30% revenue from my site called www.worldnewstrend.com – Will you help me spread the word by tweeting this? Thank you and may God help us.”

News Brief:

Japan seeks help from France and the United States in its battle to contain radiation from a crippled nuclear plant where traces of plutonium have been found. This has raised public alarm over the world’s worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl in 1986.

Experts say that plutonium which is highly carcinogenic is one of the most dangerous substances on the planet; it is a by-product of atomic reactions and a prime ingredient in nuclear bombs.

The levels, of up to 0.54 Becquerels per kg, were not considered harmful, Japanese officials said.

The UN atomic agency IAEA agreed. “Concentrations reported for both, plutonium-238 and plutonium-239/240, are similar to those deposited in Japan as a result of the testing of nuclear weapons,” said its latest briefing.

First rattled by the earthquake and then engulfed by a giant wave, the Fukushima plant resembles a bomb site, with steam and smoke occasionally rising from mangled pipes and twisted steel.

At the site, highly tainted water has been found in some reactors and in concrete tunnels outside. Sea water has also showed radiation and shipments of milk and some vegetables from areas nearby have been stopped due to contamination.

Radiation has been found in tap water in Tokyo, 240 km (150 miles) to the south, and in tiny traces abroad.

The crisis in Japan has not only sent ripples through the global economy but also worries the world citizens who continue to discuss, debate and find ways to help people face one of the biggest disasters in the history of mankind.

By SocialEyez Content Team

The Buzz: Libya

One week after the United Nations Security Council authorized the use of military force in Libya, a solution to the country’s crisis appears nowhere in sight.

As the Gaddafi regime remains entrenched in the west and the rebels continue to control the east, from Libya’s second city of Benghazi to the Egyptian border, raising the spectre of an impasse and the de facto division of the country.

Experts suggest that a thorough introspection is required at the outset to ensure that the world body’s ‘right to protect’ doctrine and ‘Resolution 1973’ is not crushed with in pursuit of petty personal desires on the part of coalition member states.

This coalition of the willing has been sanctioned for the sole purpose of saving the Libyans from an autocratic regime. But, it seems that the broadness of the resolution, which authorises ‘all necessary means’ to intervene and protect the Libyans is at the heart of the determination to get going.

The major powers in action should mind that the resolution does not specify regime change as an end. Though not many would like to shed a tear for Gaddafi, it goes without saying that making a martyr out of him will come to haunt the prospects of peace and prosperity in the region.

With a no-fly zone in effect, it’s time to get real on the ground in Libya.

SocialEyez brings you a snapshot of how the social media landscape has been bombarded with questions and opinions on how the world should react to the crisis that has engulfed Libya.

It was interesting to find that unlike the revolts in the neighbouring countries that were fuelled by social media networks, the majority of conversations happened on micro-blogging platforms.

Where were the people talking?

SocialEyez found that most of social media activists linked to Libya engaged in active conversations on micro blogs instead of the popular social networks. It was also interesting to know that United States of America was a major contributor on these social media forums.

What were the people talking?

People are talking about the implications of the UN Resolution to allow military action on Gaddafi’s forces operating in Libya, many feel that the current situation in Libya gives US an opportunity to exercise more control in a country that is trying to comprehend the changing face of its society and national identity.

Buzz Highlights – Verbatim

“Can u plz in future refer to the army as Gaddafi army? Because they don’t represent Libya.”

“Gaddafi keeps claiming explosions in #Tripoli r fireworks, I think we should bomb his fireworks storage unit then see what they have 2 say”

“Inshallah we will replace all monuments of #Gaddafi with reminders of those who sacrificed their lives to free Libya.”

“We will never forget the way we are street smart and that’s why Libyans are fighting Gaddafi with no weapons and we are still winning!”

“No ONE man has EVER been able to achieve that in human history. What makes you think Gaddafi controls all wealth in Libya?”

“A team from Doctors Without Borders, left Libya last week as Gaddafi’s forces neared Benghazi, is waiting for a guarantee from all parties”