Public Response to Alerts and Warnings Using Social Media: Report of a Workshop on Current Knowledge and Research Gaps

by National Research Council, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Committee on Public Response to Alerts and Warnings Using Social Media Current Knowledge and Researc, et al.

Following an earlier NRC workshop on public response to alerts and warnings delivered to mobile devices, a related workshop was held on February 28 and 29, 2012 to look at the role of social media in disaster response. This was one of the first workshops convened to look systematically at the use of social media for alerts and warnings--an event that brought together social science researchers, technologists, emergency management professionals,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309290333
• ISBN13: 9780309290333
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.8"