Finding community through information and communication technology in disaster response

By Irina Shklovski, Leysia Palen, Jeannette N. Sutton. Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2008

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Subfields: Communication, Ocean Engineering, Sociology and Political Science

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Hip and trendy: Characterizing emerging trends on Twitter (2011, background): “…society (Johnson, 2009), as evidenced during major global events such as the Iran election or the reaction to the earthquake in Haiti (Kwak, Lee, Park, & Moon, 2010), as well as in response to local events and emergencies (Shklovski, Palen, & Sutton, 2008; Starbird, Palen, Hughes, & Vieweg, 2010).”
Crisis in a Networked World (2009, background): “…can be more helpful than official news sources because the information can provide a more local context and rapid updates for those who need to make decisions about how to act (Shklovski, Palen, & Sutton, 2008; Sutton, Palen, & Shlovski, 2008; Vieweg, Palen, Liu, Hughes, & Sutton, 2008).”
Microblogging during two natural hazards events: what twitter may contribute to situational awareness (2010, background): “Existing research concerning social media use in emergencies includes studies of Facebook use during the 2007 Virginia Tech and the 2008 Northern Illinois University shootings [22, 23, 37] and other social media during the 2007 southern California wildfires [30, 35].”
Digital Humanitarians (2017, background): “…weather events in rural southern California were reported on local community websites (Novak and Vidoloff 2011) and other communication backchannels (Shklovski, Palen, and Sutton 2008; Sutton, Palen, and Shklovski 2005) when the information needs of the residents were unmet by professional media.”
Socializing in emergencies - A review of the use of social media in emergency situations (2015, background): “It has been implied that people have “found community” (though a virtual one) through the use of ICT, in which they actively seek others with similar needs and concerns regarding their geographical communities (Shklovski et al., 2008).”
Community Intelligence and Social Media Services: A Rumor Theoretic Analysis of Tweets During Social Crises (2013, background): “In response, many people turned to social media services to fill the information gap left by mainstream media (Shklovski et al. 2008), and others intentionally learned how to use texting devices and online message boards to exchange crisis information and to stay connected with their acquaintances…”
TweetTracker: An Analysis Tool for Humanitarian and Disaster Relief (2011, background): “Professionals have studied Tweets to gain insights on everything from the Superbowl (Bloch and Carte 2011) to crisis events (Goolsby 2010; O’Reilly and Milstein 2009; Shklovski, Palen, and Sutton 2008).”