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| Author | Maryam Shahbazi; Christian Ehnis; Majid Shahbazi; Deborah Bunker | ||||
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Tweeting from the Shadows: Social Media Convergence Behaviour During the 2017 Iran-Iraq Earthquake | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2018 | Publication | Proceedings of ISCRAM Asia Pacific 2018: Innovating for Resilience – 1st International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management Asia Pacific. | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram Ap 2018 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 416-427 | ||
| Keywords | Social Media Crisis Communication, Convergence Behaviour, Earthquake, Natural Disaster | ||||
| Abstract | Official policies, socioeconomic and demographic factors influence how individuals cope with, and respond to natural disasters. Understanding the impact of these factors in social media crisis communications studies is difficult. This paper focuses on convergence behaviour during social media crisis communication in an environment where the access to commercial social media platforms is highly restricted. This study is designed as a case which analyses 41,745 Tweets communicated during an earthquake event and for the two weeks after. This research aims to understand how different communities use social media services for communication during extreme events. The content of the Tweets shows users' attitudes toward government policies as well as the social difficulties of ethnic groups reflecting on the use of social media in crises communication. The results indicate a “political effect” on this online crisis communication. This behaviour was not expected and has been underreported in the current body of knowledge. | ||||
| Address | The University of Sydney; The University of Sydney; Azad University; The University of Sydney | ||||
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| Publisher | Massey Univeristy | Place of Publication | Albany, Auckland, New Zealand | Editor | Kristin Stock; Deborah Bunker |
| Language | English | Summary Language | Original Title | ||
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| Track | Social Media and Community Engagement Supporting Resilience Building | Expedition | Conference | ||
| Notes | Approved | no | |||
| Call Number | Serial | 1682 | |||
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