Reporting humanitarian disasters in a social media age. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Glenda Cooper.
• Authors: Cooper, Glenda
• Contents: Table of Contents Introduction Distant Suffering in a Digital World: the background to the changing nature of disaster reporting "The odd mucky weekend, not a one night stand" The relationship between aid agencies and journalists when covering disasters The ‘first draft of history’ or just ‘smoke and mirrors’? How journalists and aid agencies see the use of UGC in humanitarian crises Twitter Takeovers, Blogging and ‘Following the Sun’: how aid agencies use the tropes of social media and UGC Cloning and Co-opting: How the mainstream media use UGC ‘Tweeting the Quake’: how ordinary citizens tell their story Ethical Questions Going Forward: Payment, Permission, Privacy Conclusion Appendix of Interviewees
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.348; Disasters -- Social aspects; Crisis management -- Social aspects; Social media -- Social aspects; Communication in crisis management; Humanitarianism -- Social aspects; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351054522
• Related ISBNs: 135105452X; 9781138483576
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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