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Hashtag Standards for Emergencies

07 Jan 2015
As part of the ongoing close collaboration between OCHA and QCRI, regular conversations on how to improve crisis computing have taken place over the past few years. In May 2014, members of OCHA and QCRI met in Doha to discuss our ongoing efforts ...
Guidance material, Mapping and Geospatial Data
Research

Social Media in the Disaster Cycle- Useful Tools or Mass Distraction?

07 Jan 2015
Social media presents new vehicles for interactive communication and user-generated content using an array of Web- and mobile-based tools. As a result, platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are widely used around the world for entertainment but th...
Research, Mapping and Geospatial Data
Research

The Application of Social Media in Disasters- How can Social Media Support an Effective Disaster Response?

07 Jan 2015
The purpose of this paper is to show how Social Media can be used to support an effective disaster response. The research comes primarily from news articles, academic articles, and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reports. Contained in th...
Research
Report

Social Media and Disasters: Current Uses, Future Options, and Policy Considerations

07 Jan 2015
This report summarizes how social media have been used by emergency management officials and agencies. It also examines the potential benefits, as well as the implications, of using social media in the context of emergencies and disasters. Bru...
Report
Report

The Use of Social Media in Risk and Crisis Communication

07 Jan 2015
This report highlights the changing landscape of risk and crisis communications and in particular how social media can be a beneficial tool, but also create challenges for crisis managers. It explores different practices of risk and crisis communic...
Report, Mapping and Geospatial Data, Mobile Technology
Video

The Use of Social Media During Natural Disasters and Emergencies

07 Jan 2015
Project using Videoscribe software to discuss the rising and different uses of social media during natural disasters and emergencies.
Video
Video

How Social Media Might Help You Survive the Next Big Disaster

07 Jan 2015
Talk by Santa Fe Institut by Leysia Palen
Video
Video

Social media & emergency management

07 Jan 2015
A presentation by CFA (Country Fire Authority) Digital Media Manager, Martin Anderson on the integration of social media into emergency service procedures in Victoria, Australia. The social media integration work was awarded the 2012 Australian Gover...
Video
Video

Social Media in Emergency Management: Transforming the Response Enterprise

07 Jan 2015
Panel and roundtable discussion that featured findings and recommendations from the CNA report, 2011 Social Media + Emergency Management Camp: Transforming the Response Enterprise.
Video
Video

Disaster Response and Social Media

07 Jan 2015
This session explores proven methods of communication through social media that could be utilized when traditional media methods are not available. A case review of San Diego’s response to the Southern California power outage in 2011 will be co...
Video

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