Do social media have a place in public health emergency response?

Journal of Emergency Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 217-225

  Black, David R ^a   Dietz, J Eric ^b   Stirratt, Amanda A ^c   Coster, Daniel C ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Japanese earthquake tsunami; Preparedness; Public health; Radian6; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84936997455     PISSN: 15435865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5055/jem.2015.0235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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