Designing for disaster: Social software use in times of crisis

International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 33-46

  Potts, Liza ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human computer interaction; Information organization; Interactive technology; Online community; Social impact of technology; Social networks; User experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 75349088490     PISSN: 19416253     EISSN: 19416261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jskd.2009040104     Document Type: Article

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