Entanglements of Identity and Resilience in the Camp Fire’s Network of Disaster-Specific Facebook Groups
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21224946 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bailey C Benedict (0000-0002-3167-7538, California State University, San Bernardino, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 5-17 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Media and Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2183-2439 • E-ISSN: 2183-2439 |
| Publisher | Cogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT) |
| DOI | 10.17645/mac.v10i2.5038 |
| OpenAlex | W4225134757 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
The Camp Fire in California (November 2018) was one of the most destructive wildfires in recorded history. Dozens of Facebook groups emerged to help people impacted by the Camp Fire. Its variety and prevalence throughout recovery make this network of disaster-specific, recovery-oriented social media groups a distinct context for inquiry. Reflexive thematic analysis was performed on 25 interviews with group administrators and publicly available descriptive data from 92 Facebook groups to characterize the composition of the network and explore identity in the groups. Group members’ identities fell into two categories—helpers and survivors—while the groups consisted of six identities: general, specialized, survivor-only, pet-related, location-specific, and adoptive. Administrators established group identity around purpose, through membership criteria, and in similarity and opposition to other Camp Fire Facebook groups. The findings contribute to social identity theory and the communication theory of resilience at the intersection of resilience labor, identity anchors, and communication networks
Geography · Political science · Psychological resilience · Qualitative research · Social group · Social identity theory · Social media · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Risk Perception and Management · Social Psychology
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| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |