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Social Media's New Role in Emergency Management

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: As technology continues to evolve, emergency management organizations must adapt to new ways of responding to the media and public. This paper examines a brief overview of social media's new role in emergency management. This includes definitions of social media, the benefits of utilizing social media, examples of social media being used and finally a discussion of how agencies, such as Department of Energy national laboratories, can begin including social media in their emergency management plans.

Source: University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas)

Authors: Ethan Huffman, Sara Prentice

Language: English

Topic: Public Relations and Crisis Communication

Subfield: Communication

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Idaho Operations Office, U.S. Department of Energy

Awards: G1187630603, G127156130, G2873784832, G594963403, G6757593912

OpenAlex ID: W1608252886

FWCI: 4

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Cited by: 23

Related to: 10