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Barriers To Use Of Social Media By Emergency Managers, Linda Plotnick, Starr Roxanne Hiltz
Barriers To Use Of Social Media By Emergency Managers, Linda Plotnick, Starr Roxanne Hiltz
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Social media (SM) are socio-technical systems that have the potential to provide real-time information during crises and thus to help protect lives and property. Yet, US emergency management (EM) agencies do not extensively use them. This mixed-methods study describes the ways SM is used by county-level US emergency managers, barriers to effective SM use, and recommendations to improve use. Exploratory interviews were conducted with US public sector emergency managers to elicit attitudes about SM. This was followed by a survey of over 200 US county level emergency managers. Results show that only about half of agencies use SM at all. …
Behavioral Response In The Immediate Aftermath Of Shaking: Earthquakes In Christchurch And Wellington, New Zealand, And Hitachi, Japan, Ihnji Jon, Michael K. Lindell, Carla S. Parker, Shih-Kai Huang, Hao-Che Wu, David M. Johnston, Julia S. Becker, Hideyuki Shiroshita, Emma E.H. Doyle, Sally H. Potter, John Mcclure, Emily Lambie
Behavioral Response In The Immediate Aftermath Of Shaking: Earthquakes In Christchurch And Wellington, New Zealand, And Hitachi, Japan, Ihnji Jon, Michael K. Lindell, Carla S. Parker, Shih-Kai Huang, Hao-Che Wu, David M. Johnston, Julia S. Becker, Hideyuki Shiroshita, Emma E.H. Doyle, Sally H. Potter, John Mcclure, Emily Lambie
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This study examines people’s response actions in the first 30 min after shaking stopped following earthquakes in Christchurch andWellington, New Zealand, and Hitachi, Japan. Data collected from 257 respondents in Christchurch, 332 respondents in Hitachi, and 204 respondents inWellington revealed notable similarities in some response actions immediately after the shaking stopped. In all four events, people were most likely to contact family members and seek additional information about the situation. However, there were notable differences among events in the frequency of resuming previous activities. Actions taken in the first 30 mins were weakly related to: demographic variables, earthquake experience, contextual …