Public response to alerts and warnings using social media : report of a workshop on current knowledge and research gaps
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Public response to alerts and warnings using social media : report of a workshop on current knowledge and research gaps
National Academies Press, c2013
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Following an earlier NRC workshop on public response to alerts and warnings delivered to mobile devices, a related workshop was held on February 28 and 29, 2012 to look at the role of social media in disaster response. This was one of the first workshops convened to look systematically at the use of social media for alerts and warnings-an event that brought together social science researchers, technologists, emergency management professionals, and other experts on how the public and emergency managers use social media in disasters.In addition to exploring how officials monitor social media, as well as the resulting privacy considerations, the workshop focused on such topics as: what is known about how the public responds to alerts and warnings; the implications of what is known about such public responses for the use of social media to provide alerts and warnings to the public; and approaches to enhancing the situational awareness of emergency managers.
Public Response to Alerts and Warnings Using Social Media: Report of a Workshop on Current Knowledge and Research Gaps summarizes presentations made by invited speakers, other remarks by workshop participants, and discussions during parallel breakout sessions. It also points to potential topics for future research, as well as possible areas for future research investment, and it describes some of the challenges facing disaster managers who are seeking to incorporate social media into regular practice.
Table of Contents
Front Matter
1 Fundamentals of Alerts, Warnings, and Social Media
2 Current Uses of Social Media in Emergencies
3 Dynamics of Social Media
4 Credibility, Authenticity, and Reputation
5 Privacy and Legal Challenges with the Use of Social Media
6 Research Gaps and Implementation Challenges
Appendixes
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
Appendix B: Biosketches of Workshop Speakers
Appendix C: Biosketches of Committee and Staff Members
Table of Contents
- 1 Front Matter
- 2 1 Fundamentals of Alerts, Warnings, and Social Media
- 3 2 Current Uses of Social Media in Emergencies
- 4 3 Dynamics of Social Media
- 5 4 Credibility, Authenticity, and Reputation
- 6 5 Privacy and Legal Challenges with the Use of Social Media
- 7 6 Research Gaps and Implementation Challenges
- 8 Appendixes
- 9 Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
- 10 Appendix B: Biosketches of Workshop Speakers
- 11 Appendix C: Biosketches of Committee and Staff Members
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