Emergency services׳ attitudes towards social media: A quantitative and qualitative survey across Europe

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 95, Issue , 2016, Pages 96-111

  Reuter, Christian ^a   Ludwig, Thomas ^a   Kaufhold, Marc André ^a   Spielhofer, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Emergency services; Europe; Qualitative; Quantitative; Social media; Survey

Indexed keywords

RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SURVEYING; SURVEYS;

ATTITUDES; EUROPE; QUALITATIVE; QUANTITATIVE; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

EID: 84962018335     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2016.03.005     Document Type: Article

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