social media in disaster
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Social Media in Disaster. Rocky Lopes Disaster Preparedness Dude [email protected]. What is “social media”. A category of sites that is based on user participation and user-generated content. . Is this “web 2.0?”. “Web 2.0” is a term-of-art with implied but unspecific meaning - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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What is “social media”A category of sites that is based on user
participation and user-generated content.
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Is this “web 2.0?”“Web 2.0” is a term-of-art with implied but
unspecific meaning
“Web 2.0” conference of 2004 coined the term
Refers to cumulative ways in which software developers and end-users use the web
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Who uses social media?More than 400,000,000 active Facebook
users (6/2010)106,000,000 Twitter users (5/2010)53,000,000 LinkedIn users (3/2010)140,000 blogs on Blogger, 65,000 blogs on
LiveJournalMedian age of Facebook users has changed
from age 19 (2008) to age 34 (2010).Frequency: Facebook says the “average”
user visits Facebook 15x per day.
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How is social media used?User-generated updates via various wireless
platforms (beyond traditional PC): iPhone, Blackberry, Android, etc.
Status updatesPhoto sharingRequestsRants
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Government uses of Social Media
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Disaster related uses
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More examples
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Another example
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FearsPrivacy concerns“TMI”Feeling compelled
to monitor for accuracy and correct information
Can’t handle “one more thing.”
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CopingIt’s here and it’s not going awayMore people are using it as a primary
means of communicationA highly “vulnerable to disaster”
population is all over social media technologies – that is, “the invulnerable population” – students!
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BenefitsVisible community presenceSharing accurate informationTailoring information for a community It can be viral