Seeking the trustworthy tweet: Can microblogged data fit the information needs of disaster response and humanitarian relief organizations

8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: From Early-Warning Systems to Preparedness and Training, ISCRAM 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tapia, Andrea H ^a   Bajpai, Kartikeya ^a   Jansen, Bernard J ^a   Yen, John ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Humanitarian; Microblogging; NGO; Relief; Trust; Twitter

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

HUMANITARIAN; MICROBLOGGING; NGO; RELIEF; TRUST; TWITTER;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

EID: 84905644178     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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