Social media for crisis management: Problems and challenges from an it-perspective

IDIMT 2012 - ICT Support for Complex Systems, 20th Interdisciplinary Information Management Talks

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 25-32

  Kreiner, Karl ^a   Neubauer, Georg ^a  

^a Safety and Security Department   (Austria)

Author keywords

Crisis Informatics; Crisis Management; Social Media

Indexed keywords

CRISIS INFORMATICS; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; MICRO-BLOGGING PLATFORMS; NEW ZEALAND EARTHQUAKES; PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES; SOCIAL MEDIA; SUPPORT CRISIS MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES;

DISASTERS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84896895465     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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