Disasters 2.0
The Application of Social Media Systems for Modern Emergency Management
1st Edition
Published on 10. April 2012
321 pages
978-1-4398-7443-1 (ISBN)
Description
Emerging social media and so-called Web 2.0 technologies will continue to have a great impact on the practice and application of the emergency management function in every public safety sector. Disasters 2.0: The Application of Social Media Systems for Modern Emergency Management prepares emergency managers and first responders to successfully appl
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Baton Rouge
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Emergency management, public safety, and public administration personnel, first responders, public information officers, and law enforcement and homeland security professionals.
Illustrations
89 s/w Abbildungen, 7 s/w Tabellen
89 b/w images and 7 tables
File size
20,96 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4398-7443-1 (9781439874431)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
04/2012
1st Edition
CRC Press
€206.90
Shipment within 15-20 days
Person
Adam Crowe, CEM, MPA, Assistant Director, Johnson County Emergency Management & Homeland Security, Kansas, USA
Content
Section I: Social Media, Organizational Engagement, and the Impact of Citizens. Introduction to the Application of Social Media in Modern Emergency Management. Social Media Systems: Overview and Purpose. Citizen Journalism: The Rise and Impact of New Media. Mountains or Molehills: Engagement Challenges in the Application of Social Media. The Yellow Tape Conundrum: Citizen and Responder Responsibility. Section II: Social Media Policy, Procedure, Integration, and Analysis. Who's the Sheriff in These Parts? Monitoring and Analysis of Social Media Information. White Hot or White Noise? Aggregation and Validation of Social Media Information. When Status Quo Becomes Obsolete: Modern Integrated Emergency Warning and Notification Strategies. Volunteer and Donations Management 2.0: How Social Media Has Revolutionized the Management and Recruitment of People and Supplies. The Elephant in the Emergency Operations Center: The Fundamental Flaw within Formal Response Systems. Section III: Social Media Tools and the Power of Virtual Community. It Takes a Village to Raise a Prepared Community: The Power and Purpose of Crowdsourcing. The Beaten Browser: The Rise of Video, Voice, and Information on the Go. Location, Location, Location: The Power of Geospatial Technologies and the Environment on Social Systems. Get Your Head into the Cloud: Available Tools and Systems to Improve Emergency Management Functions. Appendices. Index.
