Social and geographical disparities in Twitter use during Hurricane Harvey

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2019, Pages 1300-1318

  Zou, Lei ^a,b   Lam, Nina S N ^b   Shams, Shayan ^b   Cai, Heng ^b   Meyer, Michelle A ^b,c   Yang, Seungwon ^b   Lee, Kisung ^b   Park, Seung Jong ^b   Reams, Margaret A ^b  

^a Department of Geography ^*  (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

digital divide; emergency management; Hurricane Harvey; social and geographical disparities; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CIVIL DEFENSE; DATA MINING; DISASTERS; HURRICANES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

DIGITAL DIVIDE; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISPARITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA; TWITTER;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

DATA MINING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; HURRICANE EVENT; PREDICTION; SOCIAL MEDIA;

LOUISIANA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85058103856     PISSN: 17538947     EISSN: 17538955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2018.1545878     Document Type: Article

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