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Researchers Review Boston Bombing Social Media Activity

By   /  May 13, 2013  /  #smem  /  No Comments

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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 [...]

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Boston bombings: Twitter is too slow, we’re now into nano-news

By   /  April 24, 2013  /  #smem  /  No Comments

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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 [...]

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#SMEM Challenge for 2013: Strategically Monitoring Social Media

By   /  January 4, 2013  /  #smem  /  No Comments

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Posted by Kim  Stephens @ idisaster 2.0 One of the biggest #SMEM challenges for emergency management and public safety organizations is determining whether or not, and increasingly how, they will monitor social media. In the past year we saw a change in mindset: a desire to activelylisten versus simply push content to the public. Yet, monitoring can seem like [...]

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Five SMEM Observations and Recommendations From Hurricane Sandy

By   /  November 12, 2012  /  #smem, Emergency Management, Social Media  /  No Comments

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From Kim Stephens @ idisaster 2.0 The documentation of social media’s use and impact during Hurricane Sandy has already begun. Patrice Cloutier wrote a great summary post “10 reasons why there’ll now be a before Sandy and post-Sandy in SMEM,” which is an excellent starting point. Not only are his 10 reasons dead-on, but he [...]

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Researchers Study Waldo Canyon Fire Twitter Activity

By   /  September 5, 2012  /  #smem, Emergency Management  /  No Comments

From Kim Stephens @ idisaster 2.0 Researchers at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and the University of California-Irvin are currently participating in a project titled “Project Heroic”  (funded by the National Science Foundation). The overarching objective is “to better understand the dynamics of informal online communication in response to extreme events.” As part of [...]

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