Information exchange in virtual communities under extreme disaster conditions

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 529-538

  Lu, Yong ^a   Yang, Dan ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Disaster communication; Information exchange; Social capital; Virtual communities; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; SOCIAL CAPITALS; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

EARTHQUAKES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); VIRTUAL REALITY;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 78650177527     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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