Keep it Short: The Need for Emergency Managers to be Brief
by Adam Crowe @ Disasters 2.0 Last week a colleague pointed out an interesting phenomenon related to social media systems.
Read More →Social Network for Emergencies to Launch in San Francisco
Disasters are scary — there’s no question about it. But as much as they cause fear, they also bring people together, connecting communities in ways that few other incidents can. Focusing on those connections, rather than the catastrophe, is the theory behind the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management’s (SFDEM) new projectSF72.org, created to enhance [...]
Read More →Researchers Review Boston Bombing Social Media Activity
By Kim Stephens @ idisaster 2.0 Project HEROIC–which stands for Hazards, Emergency Response, and Online Informal Communications (see footnote)–took a close look at the online activity of official organizations during the recent domestic terrorist event in Boston and the ensuing suspect chase–that seemed like a marathon in itself. They released a report today (May 10) titled [...]
Read More →Boston bombings: Twitter is too slow, we’re now into nano-news
From Gerald Baron @ the Crisis Comm Blog The events in Boston and West, Texas have generated a deluge of focus once more on how communication happens in major events. I’ve resisted jumping into this, wanting some time for the dust to settle and be able to take a step back. What I see now [...]
Read More →3 Observations: Social Media and the Boston PD #BostonMarathon
From Kim Stephens @ idisaster 2.0 on Apr 16 Even though the Boston Marathon 2013 bombing event happened less than 24 hours ago at the time of writing, there are already numerous accounts of the role social media played during the horrific aftermath. Read more @ idisaster 2.0
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