The effects of ICT and mass media in post-disaster recovery - A two model case study of the Great East Japan Earthquake

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 515-532

  Cheng, John W ^a   Mitomo, Hitoshi ^a   Otsuka, Tokio ^b   Jeon, Stefan Y ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHUMEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Great East Japan Earthquake; ICT media; Mass media; Post disaster recovery; Social capital; Social media

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; RECOVERY;

GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKES; ICT MEDIA; MASS MEDIA; POST DISASTERS; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84928911650     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2015.03.006     Document Type: Article

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