Social Media in Disaster Relief: Usage Patterns, Data Mining Tools, and Current Research Directions

Studies in Big Data

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 225-257

  Landwehr, Peter M ^a   Carley, Kathleen M ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster Relief; Disaster Response; Social Media Platform; Social Medium; Twitter User

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; DISASTER PREVENTION; EMERGENCY SERVICES;

'CURRENT; DAILY LIVES; DATA-MINING TOOLS; DISASTER RELIEF; DISASTER-RESPONSE; PATTERN DATUM; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS; TWITTER USER; USAGE PATTERNS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 85035897775     PISSN: 21976503     EISSN: 21976511     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-40837-3_7     Document Type: Chapter

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