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Social Media in DisasterRocky Lopes

Disaster Preparedness [email protected]

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What is “social media”A category of sites that is based on user

participation and user-generated content.

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Is this “web 2.0?”“Web 2.0” is a term-of-art with implied but

unspecific meaning

“Web 2.0” conference of 2004 coined the term

Refers to cumulative ways in which software developers and end-users use the web

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Who uses social media?More than 400,000,000 active Facebook

users (6/2010)106,000,000 Twitter users (5/2010)53,000,000 LinkedIn users (3/2010)140,000 blogs on Blogger, 65,000 blogs on

LiveJournalMedian age of Facebook users has changed

from age 19 (2008) to age 34 (2010).Frequency: Facebook says the “average”

user visits Facebook 15x per day.

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How is social media used?User-generated updates via various wireless

platforms (beyond traditional PC): iPhone, Blackberry, Android, etc.

Status updatesPhoto sharingRequestsRants

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Government uses of Social Media

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Disaster related uses

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More examples

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Another example

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FearsPrivacy concerns“TMI”Feeling

compelled to monitor for accuracy and correct information

Can’t handle “one more thing.”

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CopingIt’s here and it’s not going awayMore people are using it as a primary

means of communicationA highly “vulnerable to disaster”

population is all over social media technologies – that is, “the invulnerable population” – students!

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BenefitsVisible community presenceSharing accurate informationTailoring information for a community It can be viral