An online social network for emergency management

ISCRAM 2009 - 6th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: Boundary Spanning Initiatives and New Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  White, Connie ^a   Plotnick, Linda ^b   Kushma, Jane ^a   Hiltz, Starr Roxanne ^b   Turoff, Murray ^b  

^a JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Collective intelligence; Emergency; Online communities; Social networks

Indexed keywords

CIVIL DEFENSE; DISASTERS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

COLLABORATION; COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCES; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; ON-LINE SOCIAL NETWORKS; ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKINGS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84905592750     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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