Saving lives and changing minds with Twitter in disasters and pandemics: a literature review

H Seddighi, I Salmani, S Seddighi - Journalism and Media, 2020 - mdpi.com
Twitter is a major tool for communication during emergencies and disasters. This study
aimed to investigate Twitter use during natural hazards and pandemics. The included …

Understanding communication dynamics on Twitter during natural disasters: A case study of Hurricane Sandy

N Pourebrahim, S Sultana, J Edwards… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study investigates Twitter usage during Hurricane Sandy following the survey of the
general population and exploring communication dynamics on Twitter through different …

Scraping social media data for disaster communication: how the pattern of Twitter users affects disasters in Asia and the Pacific

B Kusumasari, NPA Prabowo - Natural Hazards, 2020 - Springer
Communication channels play a crucial role in times of crisis, especially during disasters.
Social media have become substantial means of communication, playing coextensive roles …

Positive determinism of Twitter usage development in crisis communication: Rescue and relief efforts after the 6 February 2023 earthquake in Türkiye as a case study

Y Aldamen, E Hacimic - Social Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study examined the impact of Twitter usage development in crisis communication in
Türkiye during the 6 February 2023 by showing the development of its use during the 1999 …

Use of Twitter in disaster rescue: lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey

VV Mihunov, NSN Lam, L Zou, Z Wang… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the increasingly prominent role of social media in disaster events, studies analyzing
its use in rescue operations remain scanty. Hurricane Harvey hit Texas with unprecedented …

Twitter as a tool for the management and analysis of emergency situations: A systematic literature review

M Martínez-Rojas, M del Carmen Pardo-Ferreira… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The importance of timely, accurate and effective use of available information is essential to
the proper management of emergency situations. In recent years, emerging technologies …

Twitter usage in Indonesia

KM Carley, MM Malik, M Kowalchuck… - Available at SSRN …, 2015 - papers.ssrn.com
Social media is playing a growing role in disaster management and response. Expectations
are that such media can be critical for sending alerts, identifying critical needs, and focusing …

The Role of Twitter in Media Coverage during Humanitarian Crises. Data mining from International News Agencies

A Torres-Toukoumidis, SE Calle-Pesántez… - … on Information and …, 2023 - Springer
This study examines the use of Twitter during humanitarian crises and its impact on public
opinion. The study analyzed over 3262 tweets related to crisis, war, tragedy, violence, riot …

The Use of Twitter by Official Institutions in Disaster Risk Communication and Resilience: A Case Study from Turkey

E Inal Onal, S Tekeli-Yeşil, N Okay - Journal of Emergency …, 2022 - World Scientific
This study aims to explore the use of Twitter by Disaster and Emergency Management
Authority (AFAD) in 2021, which is determined as the year of disaster education. Within the …

Emergent use of Twitter in the 2011 Tohoku earthquake

J Umihara, M Nishikitani - Prehospital and disaster medicine, 2013 - cambridge.org
IntroductionSocial networks play an important role in disaster situations as they have
become a new form of social convergence that provides collective information. The effect of …