Communication in the face of a school crisis: Examining the volume and content of social media mentions during active shooter incidents

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 238-248

  Mazer, Joseph P ^a   Thompson, Blair ^b   Cherry, Jessica ^b   Russell, Mattie ^b   Payne, Holly J ^b   Gail Kirby, E ^b   Pfohl, William ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis communication; Media dependency theory; P 12 level; Social media; Social media analysis

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS; FACEBOOK; MEDIA DEPENDENCY THEORY; ON-LINE COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYSIS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84937576417     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.06.040     Document Type: Article

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