Metadata such as the hashtag is an important dimension of social media communication.
Despite its important role in practices such as curating, tagging, and searching content, there …

This survey of the literature on crises and disasters reveals that crisis and disaster scholars
remain focused on 'classic'natural disaster types and on our ability to prepare and respond …

Objective: To identify and illustrate the range of strategies and tactics available for
emergency managers using social media. Design: This study uses content analysis of more …

A key task in emergency management is the timely dissemination of information to decision
makers across different scales of operations, particularly to individual citizens. Incidents over …

In coastal cities, population and property are concentrated in small areas, with abundant
resources and convenient transportation, but also with potential tsunami risk, as shown by …

The term deepfake was first used in a Reddit post in 2017 to refer to videos manipulated
using artificial intelligence techniques and since then it is becoming easier to create such …

Rarely any study investigates how information gatekeeping through the solutions and
services enabled by algorithms, hereafter referred to as algorithmic technologies (AT) …

The complexity of the modern information ecosystem raises many questions for public
organizations. In the context of emergency management, information (such as warning …

The COVID-19 pandemic has created complex problems that require organizations to
collaborate within and across the sector line. Social media data can provide insights into …

During recent crises like COVID-19, microblogging platforms have become popular
channels for affected people seeking assistance such as medical supplies and rescue …