The role of social media during a natural disaster: A case study of the 2011 thai flood

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Kongthon, Alisa ^a   Haruechaiyasak, Choochart ^a   Pailai, Jaruwat ^b   Kongyoung, Sarawoot ^a  

^a NATIONAL ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Thailand)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

natural disaster; Social media; social media analysis; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901798209     PISSN: 02198770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219877014400124     Document Type: Article

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