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Disasters expose gaps in emergency services’ social media use
The Conversation, Vol.1 May 2020
2020
Appears in The Conversation
Abstract
Australia has borne the brunt of several major disasters in recent years, including drought, bushfires, floods and cyclones. The increasing use of social media is changing how we prepare for and respond to these disasters. Not only emergency services but also their social media are now much-sought-after sources of disaster information and warnings.
We studied Australian emergency services’ social media use in times of disaster. Social media can provide invaluable and time-critical information to both emergency services and communities at risk. But we also found problems.
Details
- Title
- Disasters expose gaps in emergency services’ social media use
- Authors
- Tan Yigitcanlar - Queensland University of TechnologyAshantha Goonetilleke - Queensland University of TechnologyNayomi Kankanamge - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- The Conversation, Vol.1 May 2020
- Publisher
- Conversation Media Group
- Date published
- 2020
- DOI
- 10.64628/AA.9cxsf3fxa
- ISSN
- 2201-5639
- Copyright note
- © The Conversation Media Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Organisation Unit
- School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991069798702621
- Output Type
- Magazine article
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