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Run amok: Group crowd participation in identifying the bomb and bomber from the Boston marathon bombing
Andrea H. Tapia
author
Nicolas LaLone
author
Hyun-Woo Kim
author
2014
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
English
In this paper we tell a version of the story of the bombing of the Boston Marathon. At first, two online groups gathered images, video and textual information concerning the bombing of the Boston Marathon and shared these with the FBI and amongst themselves. Secondly, these groups then created mechanisms to conduct their own investigation into the identities of the perpetrators. Finally, the larger national media followed the results of these online group investigations and reported these as fact to a national audience. We choose Twitter as our data repository and conducted quantitative analyses of tweets sent during the Boston Bombing. The implications for not incorporating public crowd participation within the standard operating procedures of emergency services may result in either a loss of public confidence in the slow-moving nature of official response to uncontrollable, dangerous and irresponsible public and media participation that exacerbates the negative effects of any disaster.
Information systems
Social networking (online)
Crowdsourcing
Ethical participation
First responders
Social responsibilities
Twitter
Emergency services
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AndreaH.Tapia_etal2014
ISCRAM 2014 Conference Proceedings – 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
ISCRAM 2014
S.R. Hiltz
M
S
Pfaff
editor
11th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
2014
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
conference publication
265
274
9780692211946
2411-3387
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