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From: Alex Wolfson <ajw6@columbia.edu>
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Subject: Looking at how the Internet was used during Kobe earthquake
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 15:55:24 -0500
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I am originally from Kobe.  I am now doing research at Columbia 
University in New York City.  The internet is a new instrument that 
allows people to connect around the world.  I am very interested in how 
the internet was used by people to communicate during and after the 
disaster.  Here are a few areas I am looking at:

1. The first question is directed to people outside the area of the 
earthquake.  What information did you receive on the internet about the 
earthquake?  What was the most valuable information you were able to 
receive?  How did you respond to this information?

2. The second question is direct to people posting messages in Japan.  
What was the nature of the messages you sent (personal experience, 
public information)?  Why did you send these messages on the internet?  What 
kind of response did you receive from you messages?  Did you find 
anything valuable through this experience?

If there are people who keep copies of messages you send during and 
after the earthquake, I would be very grateful to receive them.  

Thank you very much for you assistance.  Responses can be sent to me in 
care of Alex Wolfson at this account <ajw6@columbia.edu> or 
<citi@research.gsb.columbia.edu>.


Harumasa Sato
Professor, Konan University, Kobe

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