How is technology based social media changing our world?

From the "Arab Spring" to the recent riots across England, reports of how people are using social media technologies to orchestrate, cope with, help with the cleanup there of, or simply to report the ensuing chaos and the various reactions by the the governments and public at large have continued to increase. In your opinion, how are these technologies and the capabilities they allow affecting the world in which we live? Will this prove to be a good thing for humanity, the opposite, or do you have another take all together?

une prévention pour l'aide d'Haïti

So, given the current situation in Haiti, I thought this might be an appropriate question to get this blog underway.

What might you consider a proper course of action (plan) for a country, an organization, or the international community at large to take in order to help build Haiti into a country that can much better handle catastrophes caused by: natural disasters, poverty, or general unrest?

Bienvenue and Welcome!

Bienvenue au blog, le monde en prise !
This is the initial entry for the blog, le monde en prise. My name is Shannon Mungle, and I will be your host. In the near future, I hope to offer many topics of discussion that will allow members of this site to share ideas and to develop solutions for the countless global challenges we face.


The blogs will be posted in English and French, but please feel free to comment in any language you might prefer.