Run amok: Group crowd participation in identifying the bomb and bomber from the Boston marathon bombing

ISCRAM 2014 Conference Proceedings - 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 265-274

  Tapia, Andrea H ^a   LaLone, Nicolas ^a   Kim, Hyun Woo ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boston marathon bombing; Crowdsourcing; Ethical participation; First responders; Social responsibility; Twitter

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

CROWDSOURCING; ETHICAL PARTICIPATION; FIRST RESPONDERS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES; TWITTER;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

EID: 84905837179     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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