Full Description
Communites around the world are faced with disaster. How we manage the situation is evolving with the growing use of social media. New social media tools are being developed and those that already exist are becoming more advanced. Companies such as Google, Twitter and Facebook have all recognised the utility of their product during natural disasters, such as Twitter Alerts and Facebook's "I'm Safe" tool. Dr. Mel Irons and Dr. Douglas Paton have sought out to explore how social media tools like these and others are being used in emergency management and provide useful, research-based guides for readers to employ social media in disaster situations within their own communities.
Contents
Chapter 1issues. Chapter 3: Social media use in disasters: Issues and opportunities. Chapter 4: Social media and community resilience. Chapter 5: Resourcing recovery using social media. Chapter 6: Social capital and community capability. Chapter 7: Stories, narratives and the development and maintenance of community strengths and identity over the course of recovery. Chapter 8: Emergent leadership and community action. Chapter 9: Linking recovery and development: Social media and Building Back Better. Chapter 10: Lessons learnt: Practical issues in the development of social media recovery resources and strategies. Chapter 11: Developing social media resources for disaster response. Chapter 12: Conclusions and Future Directions.
