Disasters 2.0 : the application of social media systems for modern emergency management /: the application of social media systems for modern emergency management. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Adam Crowe.
• Other Names: Crowe, Adam
• Contents: Section I: Social Media, Organizational Engagement, and the Impact of Citizens ; Introduction to the Application of Social Media in Modern Emergency Management; Modern Emergency Management; The Rise of Social Media; Social Media Users; Centralized versus Decentralized Organizational Structure; Systems Fade, Concepts Remain; Overview of Chapters; Practitioner Profile: Jeannette Sutton, PhD, Disaster Sociologist; Social Media Systems: Overview and Purpose; Foundations of Social Media; Social Networks; Blogs; Microblogs; Photo Sharing; Video Sharing; Video Streaming; Skype and Video Calling; Other Systems; Practitioner Profile: Hal Grieb, Previstar; Citizen Journalism: The Rise and Impact of New Media; Journalism—Traditional and Participatory; Acceptance by the General Public; Acceptance by News Media; Available Tools of a Citizen Journalist; Challenges to Citizen Journalism; Practitioner Profile: Tom Erickson, Johnson County Sheriff’s Office; Mountains or Molehills: Engagement Challenges in the Application of Social Media; Hurdles and Hindrances; Programmatic Implementation; The Challenge of Privacy; Policy Implementation; Challenges to Implementation; Practitioner Profile: Jason Lindesmith, Federal Emergency; Management Agency Headquarters; The Yellow Tape Conundrum: Citizen and Responder Responsibility ; A Change in Public Expectations; Rise of New Systems; Incident-Based Risk; First Responder Responsibility; Citizen Responsibility; Social Media "How" versus Social Media "Why"; Practitioner Profile: Alisha Griswold, Medical Reserve Corps, Kansas City; Section II: Social Media Policy, Procedure, Integration, and Analysis; Who’s the Sheriff in These Parts? Monitoring and Analysis of Social Media Information; Traditional Media Monitoring; Social Media Monitoring; Real-Time Instantaneous Monitoring; Real-Time Collective Monitoring; Basic Monitoring Analytics; Measuring Influence and Success; Practitioner Profile: Ethan M. Riley, Arizona Division of Emergency Management; White Hot or White Noise? Aggregation and Validation of Social Media Information ; Impact of Demographics; Power of Aggregation; Theory of Social Validation; The Power of the Virtual Voice; RSS and Other Aggregation Tools; Integration with Traditional Systems; Practitioner Profile: Lee Arning, Southern Methodist University; When Status Quo Becomes Obsolete: Modern Integrated Emergency Warning and Notification Strategies ; The Fallacy of Traditional Approaches; Mobility and Portability; Dynamic and Diverse Emergency Notification Strategies; Next Generation 9-1-1; Limitations to Modernization; Practitioner Profile: Walt Way, Johnson County Emergency Communications Center; Volunteer and Donations Management 2.0: How Social Media Has Revolutionized the Management and Recruitment of People and Supplies; Demographics of Volunteerism; Contemporary Volunteer Management; Voluntweeters and Other Crowdsourcing Opportunities; Donations Management 2.0; Measurements of Success; Practitioner Profile: Heather Blanchard, Co-Founder of Crisis Commons; The Elephant in the Emergency Operations Center: The Fundamental Flaw within Formal Response Systems; National Preparedness and Response Systems; Conflicts and Contradictions; Take the Filter Off; Contrasting Opinions; Challenges to Social Media and Exercise Management; Practitioner Profile: Gerald Baron, Public Relations and Crisis Communications Consultant; Section III: Social Media Tools and the Power of Virtual Community; It Takes a Village to Raise a Prepared Community: The Power and Purpose of Crowdsourcing; What Is Crowdsourcing?; How Crowdsourcing Works; Witnessing Disaster; Crowdsourcing by Virtual Volunteers; Organizational Implementation of Crowdsourcing; Crowdsourcing by Impacted Citizens; Crowdsourcing Usage by Governmental Response; Practitioner Profile: Jim Garrow, Philadelphia Department of Public Health; The Beaten Browser: The Rise of Video, Voice, and Information on the Go; The Web Is Changing; The Rise of Mobile Engagement; Mobile Apps in Disaster Response; The Rise of User-Controlled Video Information; Information via Voice Systems; Information on the Go; Practitioner Profile: Lach Mullin, Benton County Emergency; Management; Location, Location, Location: The Power of Geospatial Technologies and the Environment on Social Systems; Location-Based Social Networking; Potential Emergency Management Uses of Location-Based Social Networking; Impact of Geospatial Programming; Enhanced Information via Physical Interface; Practitioner Profile: Cheryl Bledsoe, Clark Regional Emergency Services; Get Your Head into the Cloud: Available Tools and Systems to Improve Emergency Management Functions; Open Government and Gamification; Functional and Accessibility Challenges; Hackers, Zombies, and Second Life: Potential Improvements to Operational Efficiency; Additional Web 2.0 and Social Media Tools; Collaborative and Contributory Systems; Practitioner Profile: Kim Stephens, Emergency Management Researcher, Practitioner, and Blogger; Appendix A: Disasters Referenced by Chapter; Appendix B: Answer Key; Index;
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 363.34802856754; Emergency management; Social media
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466563537; 1466563532
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