Social media and disasters: A functional framework for social media use in disaster planning, response, and research

Disasters

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-22

  Houston, J Brian ^a   Hawthorne, Joshua ^a   Perreault, Mildred F ^a   Park, Eun Hae ^a   Goldstein Hode, Marlo ^a   Halliwell, Michael R ^a   Turner Mcgowen, Sarah E ^a   Davis, Rachel ^a   Vaid, Shivani ^a   Mcelderry, Jonathan A ^a   Griffith, Stanford A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Crisis; Disaster; Social media; Technology

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RELIEF WORK; RESEARCH; SOCIAL MEDIA; UTILIZATION;

COMMUNICATION; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; HUMANS; RELIEF WORK; RESEARCH; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84914813716     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/disa.12092     Document Type: Article

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