'Breaking Ground' in the use of social media: A case study of a university earthquake response to inform educational design with Facebook

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-78

  Dabner, Nicki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disaster response; Facebook; Higher education; Network communities; Social media; Web 2.0 tools

Indexed keywords

DISASTER RESPONSE; FACEBOOK; HIGHER EDUCATION; NETWORK COMMUNITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EARTHQUAKES; EDUCATION; RESEARCH;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 82455167796     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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