Social media processes in disasters: Implications of emergent technology use

Social Science Research

Volumn 63, Issue , 2017, Pages 356-370

  Murthy, Dhiraj ^a   Gross, Alexander J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Disruptive events; Hashtags; Humor; Routines; Social media

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISASTER; HUMAN; HUMOR; INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 84992163575     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.09.015     Document Type: Article

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