With the continued development of information and communications technology in recent years, people have expanded the scope of their concerns to mankind as a whole: it almost seems as if there's a benefit concert for every major disaster in the world.
近幾年，由於資訊發達，人們關懷的對象擴及全人類，這世界幾乎每發生一場災難，必接著展開一場歌舞義演，幫助別人度過難關。像麥可傑克森等歌星，高唱「We are the world」援助衣索匹亞難民。