Integrating social media into emergency-preparedness efforts.
Abstract
Social media are changing the way people communicate both in their day-to-day lives and during disasters that threaten public health. Engaging with and using such media may help the emergency-management community to respond to disasters.
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The Red Cross monitors Twitter during natural disasters to gather actionable information.
“organizations like the Red Cross track Twitter posts during earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters that threaten public health to gather actionable information about where needs are the most pronounced.10”
From Dangers and Opportunities for Social Media in Medicine (2013) · cites this paper as [10]
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- Authors
- Merchant, R. M., Elmer, S., & Lurie, N.
- Affiliations
- United States Department of Health and Human Services (US)
- ORCID
- Merchant, Raina M.
- Venue
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Published
- 2011-07-28
- Volume
- 365
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 289-291
- ISSN
- 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-4406
- OpenAlex
- W2041653115
- Cited by
- 364
- References
- 2
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- FWCI
- 84.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Swinburne figshare (Swinburne University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Communication › Public Relations and Crisis Communication
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Emergency Medical Services › Disaster Response and Management
- Social Sciences › Health › Social Media in Health Education
- Keywords
- social media, disaster preparedness, disaster response, emergency management, disaster communication
- MeSH terms
- Civil Defense, Disaster Planning, Disasters, Humans, Social Support, Internet, Cell Phone
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