This paper reviews the actual and potential use of social media in emergency, disaster and
crisis situations. This is a field that has generated intense interest. It is characterised by a …

The pervasive use of social media has generated unprecedented amounts of social data.
Social media provides easily an accessible platform for users to share information. Mining …

The growth of social media over the last decade has revolutionized the way individuals
interact and industries conduct business. Individuals produce data at an unprecedented rate …

This article briefly describes the advantages and disadvantages of crowdsourcing
applications applied to disaster relief coordination. It also discusses several challenges that …

Crowdsourcing has gained considerable traction over the past decade and has emerged as
a powerful tool in the innovation process of organizations. Given its growing significance in …

With the increasing efforts to utilize information and communication technologies (ICT) in
disaster management, the massive amount of heterogeneous data that is generated through …

The rapid damage assessment plays a critical role in crisis management. Collection of timely
information for rapid damage assessment is particularly challenging during natural …

Increasing demands for fact-checking have led to a growing interest in developing systems
and tools to automate the fact-checking process. However, such systems are limited in …

The aim of this paper is to critically explore whether crowdsourced Big Data enables an
inclusive humanitarian response at times of crisis. We argue that all data, including Big Data …

This paper contributes to the e-government literature discussing the role of information and
communication technologies (ICTs) as an enabler of different modes of production of public …