Flooding Facebook - the use of social media during the Queensland and Victorian floods

Australian Journal of Emergency Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-33

  Bird, Deanne ^a   Ling, Megan ^a   Haynes, Katharine ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84861837365     PISSN: 13241540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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