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Author (up) Lixiong Chen; Monika Buscher; Yang Hu pdf  isbn
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  Title Crowding Out the Crowd:The Transformation of Network Disaster Communication Patterns on Weibo Type Conference Article
  Year 2020 Publication ISCRAM 2020 Conference Proceedings – 17th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management Abbreviated Journal Iscram 2020  
  Volume Issue Pages 472-489  
  Keywords Weibo, Transformation, Crowding Out, Crisis Communication, Mobilities.  
  Abstract There is a surge in people turning to social media in disasters in China. In the 2010 Yushu earthquake, 5,979 Weibos were posted. Almost 10 years on, in the 2019 Yibin earthquake it was 17,495. This study presents a Social Network Analysis of the dynamics of this growth, taking the six major Chinese earthquakes of this decade as a case study. By constructing relationship matrices, the research reveals a transformation of networked crisis communication patterns on Weibo. We show how communication relationships between verified organisational users, government agencies, verified individual users (such as celebrities) and unverified ordinary users have changed, and we observe that government agencies are 'crowding out the crowd' of other users. We consider key aspects and the ethical complexities of this phenomenon.  
  Address Department of Sociology Lancaster University; Department of Sociology Lancaster University; Department of Sociology Lancaster University  
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  Publisher Virginia Tech Place of Publication Blacksburg, VA (USA) Editor Amanda Hughes; Fiona McNeill; Christopher W. Zobel  
  Language English Summary Language English Original Title  
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  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 978-1-949373-27-45 ISBN 2411-3431 Medium  
  Track Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues Expedition Conference 17th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management  
  Notes c.lixiong@lancaster.ac.uk Approved no  
  Call Number Serial 2246  
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