Harnessing the power of real and virtual social networks during disasters
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2013
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The mass media and emergency services organisations routinely gather information and disseminate it to the public. During disaster situations both the media and emergency services require acute situational awareness. New social media technologies offer opportunities to enhance situational awareness by crowd-sourcing information using real and virtual social networks. This paper documents how real and virtual social networks were used by a reporter and by members of the public to gather and disseminate emergency information during the flash flood disaster in Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley in January 2011 and in the days and weeks after the disaster. |
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Australian Institute of Emergency Services |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/61443/3/National_Emergency_Response_Winter_13.pdf Gearing, Amanda (2013) Harnessing the power of real and virtual social networks during disasters. National Emergency Response, 26(3), pp. 8-11. |
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Amanda Gearing |
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Centre for Emergency & Disaster Management; Creative Industries Faculty; Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation; School of Media, Entertainment & Creative Arts |
Palavras-Chave | #200104 Media Studies #journalism #social media #disasters #virtual social networks #crowd-sourcing #CEDM |
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Journal Article |