Harnessing the power of real and virtual social networks during disasters


Autoria(s): Gearing, Amanda
Data(s)

2013

Resumo

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.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/61443/

Publicador

Australian Institute of Emergency Services

Relação

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.

Direitos

Amanda Gearing

Fonte

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
Tipo

Journal Article