Nonprofit and Public Sector Participation in Self-Organizing Information Networks: Twitter Hashtag and Trending Topic Use During Disasters

Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 83-109

  Wukich, Clayton ^a   Steinberg, Alan ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

and nonprofits; disaster management; social network analysis; Twitter

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EID: 84940992241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19444079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rhc3.12036     Document Type: Article

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