Mastering social media: An analysis of Jefferson County's communications during the 2013 Colorado floods

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

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 737-746

  St Denis, Lise Ann ^a   Palen, Leysia ^b   Anderson, Kenneth M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis informatics; Emergency management; Public information; Social media; Trusted volunteers

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CRISIS INFORMATICS; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC INFORMATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; TRUSTED VOLUNTEERS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84905841710     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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