Full Description
Big data, surveillance, crisis management. Three largely different and richly researched fields, however, the interplay amongst these three domains is rarely addressed.
Through unique international case studies this book examines the links between these three fields. Considering crisis management as an 'umbrella term' that covers a number of crises and ways of managing them, this book explores the collection of 'big data' by governmental crisis organisations, as well as the unintended consequences of using such data. In particular, through the lens of surveillance, the contributions investigate how the use and abuse of big data can easily lead to monitoring and controlling the behaviour of people affected by crises. Readers will understand that big data in crisis management must be examined as a political process, involving questions of power and transparency.
A highly topical volume, Big Data, Surveillance and Crisis Management will appeal to postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers interested in fields including Sociology and Surveillance Studies, Disaster and Crisis Management, Media Studies, Governmentality, Organisation Theory and Information Society Studies.
Contents
Big Data, Surveillance and Crisis Management, by Kees Boersma and Chiara Fonio
Part I Social media and crisis management
The use of social media for crisis management: a privacy by design approach, by Muhammad Imran, Patrick Meier and Kees Boersma
Mining social media for effective crisis response: machine learning and disaster response, by Rachel Finn, Hayley Watson and Kush Wadhwa
Between the promise and reality of using social media in crisis management: lies, rumours and vigilantism, by Gemma Galdon Clavell
Part II Big Data and health surveillance
Biosecuring public health: the example of ESSENCE, by Henning Füller
Triggering action: participatory surveillance and event detection in public health emergency management, by Martin French and Baki Cakici
Part III Case studies on disasters, crisis and big data
Resilience, surveillance and big data in crisis management: case studies from Europe, the United Kingdom and New Zealand, by Charles Leleux and C. William R. Webster
Monitoring a big data cyclon: the Sardinian case, by Allesandro Burato
Intersecting intelligence: exploring big data disruptions, by Xaroula Kerasidou, Katrina Petersen and Monika Büscher
'Value-Veillance': Opening the black box of surveillance in emergency management, by Karolin Eva Kappler and Uwe Vormbusch
Times of crises and the development of the Police National Automatic Number Plate Recognition System in the UK, by Clive Norris and Xavier D L'Hoiry
