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Fifteen years of social media in emergencies

A retrospective review and future directions for crisis Informatics

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ID23337136
AuthorsChristian Reuter (0000-0003-1920-038X, University of Siegen Institute for Information Systems Siegen Germany, corresponding author), Marc-André Kaufhold (0000-0002-0387-9597, University of Siegen), Marc‐André Kaufhold (University of Siegen Institute for Information Systems Siegen Germany)
Year2018
Volume26
Issue1
Pages41-57
Publication date2018-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contingencies and Crisis Management (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0966-0879 • E-ISSN: 1468-5973
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-5973.12196
OpenAlexW2758474413
LanguageEN
Citations received94
References cited56

Social media has been established in many larger emergencies and crises. This process has not started just a few years ago, but already 15 years ago in 2001 after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. In the following years, especially in the last 10, sometimes summarized under the term crisis informatics, a variety of studies focusing on the use of ICT and social media before, during or after nearly every crisis and emergency has arisen. This article aimed to recapitulate 15 years of social media in emergencies and its research with a special emphasis on use patterns, role patterns and perception patterns that can be found across different cases to point out what has been achieved so far, and what future potentials exist.

Crisis communication · Informatics · Perception · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social media · Terrorism · Variety (cybernetics) · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Law · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication

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