Emergency Managers: A Case Study

One way that social media has helped people is it has worked as an emergency call system similar to 9-1-1. How this system worked was people would tweet out they were in trouble, or need assistance and twitter accounts such as @harveyresucue, during hurricane Harvey, would take the data and compile databases of addresses and names of folks in critical need throughout the storm. Then it would find and attempt to send them help. In the article “Please send help” by Maya Rhodan, Rhodan writes, “‘I have 2 children with me and the [sic] water is swallowing us up. Please send help,’ a woman named Maritza Ritz Willis tweeted early Sunday morning. As 911 dispatchers were not responding, she decided to share her address with her 463 followers and posted a call for help on Facebook. A little over an hour later, she tweeted ‘Got picked up by the fire rescue,’ Ritz Willis shared.” (Rhodan 1) In this article, it shows the effect that social media has already had in times of

Since we are given these incredible tools to communicate, we need to use them. An example of a time that social media was used for good was last year when the Stop Kony campaign was trending on twitter. At it’s most popular time, #StopKony was tweeted more 1200 times a minute. The Stop Kony marketing team created a video as an experiment, having no idea that they would change the

The article "Understanding the Power of Social Media as a Communication Tool in the Aftermath of Disasters," by Craig Fugate, Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), addresses what social media can do when things go wrong and people try to find out what is happening and stay in touch with loved ones. While there is no actual research question stated, and the article is not a study, there is an implied research question: how can social media be used to help with communication in the aftermath of a disaster? Fugate (2011) makes the argument that there is much that can be done with social media, and that it can and should be used to get the word out to people when a disaster has occurred and everyone is trying to find out what they should do next. Social media can provide information about the actual disaster, and it can also be used to let people know that their loved ones are all right and that they are safe after something devastating has occurred.

Social Media also has the ability to bring people together during chaotic or disastrous times. For example, the shooting at the Orlando club or the #Prayforparis trend that was the ending result for the Charlie Hebdo attack and other attacks that terrorist orchestrated in 2015. Social Media displays its strong ability to a delineation of hope, sometimes.

Another plus side of easy access to social media is that it allows us to get our news very quickly. When it comes to getting important information on recent events, like politics and natural disasters, social media can widely benefit us to getting this news quickly and efficiently. A great example of how social media gives us our news quickly is with the recent devastating events of hurricane Harvey. When this devastating hurricane hit in Houston, Tx, news outlets used social media to help let people know what safety precautions to take and what the people could do to help those who were greatly affected by the hurricane.

Many people use social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to share information on numerous topics, ranging from politics, sports, and personal stories. This information has been collected and analyzed by researchers for market prediction, mining the opinions, etc. One of the most important properties of social platforms is that they allow people to communicate in real-time. During a crisis or a natural disaster, people on social media tend to easily believe contents of postings related to the events, and Re-tweet the postings with hoping them to be reached to many other users. There are both sides positive and negative to sharing information related to emergency situations on social media. People are well-informed about the situation in real-time, and most of this information is true, or believed to be true.

The growth of new technologies has developed and led to Internet founded applications known as "social media" that allows people to network and share information with one another. Examples of social media include blogs, chat rooms, Snapchat, YouTube Channels, Facebook, and Twitter. Of course, there are many more applications that allows you to communicate online, however, these are the most common. You can access these social media cites by using a computer and or a cellular device. Social media has been the most prevalent today being that almost everyone is connected to social media in some shape or form. According to an article, “Social media sites rank as the fourth most popular source to access emergency information” (Travis). They have been used by individuals and communities all over the world to communicate and socialize. People use social media to keep in touch with loved ones and to post what’s going on in their daily lives. Social media is not only used for pleaser or leisure time, social media gives people knowledge about what’s going on in the world around us. In times of an emergency or disaster, social media has been very beneficial because it issues warnings, receive victim request for assistance and can spread information and receive user feedback.

While social media provides larger outreach for its users in their daily life, its significance has grown in the past five to seven years where it has played a critical role in emergency communication during natural disasters. Every year, people across the globe are

Social media facilitates open communication, leading to enhanced information discovery and delivery. It also allows people to discuss ideas and post ideas. First of all, social media has made it possible for people, or even families, who live far away from each other to communicate easily. Before, people used to

Social media is a broad term used to express an exhaustive list of many types of new media and forms of communication. It is a constantly evolving platform which has rapidly changed communication behaviours and practices. Over the past decade the role of the digital has radically altered the landscape of corporate communication and the ways in which an organisation establish dialogues with their stakeholders, particularly in the area of crisis communication. Social media’s characteristics of ubiquity, availability and immediacy allow information to be swiftly accessed anywhere at any time, therefore it is essential organisations react with the same swiftness when remedying a crisis. Through the evaluation of social medias role in a crisis, this essay will analyse Uber’s crisis management strategy on the Kalamazoo shootings, with a particular focus on their use of Twitter.

Social media provides a channel to rapidly spread and share information to the general public (Blanchard, 2010). Government

Year after year, social media has grown to have a significant impact on society. Social media is a form of communication that impacts communities whether it be about crime, life, gossip or politics. Social media is used because it is the easiest way to spread the word to the rest of the world. Above all, media platforms seem to have a large impact on how communities as well as the world when a natural or human created disaster occurs . People tend to respond to these disasters through different discourses. Although social media has this impact, the outcome of how the situation is handled is never the same. It could

During crisis, communication will always set the tone of public understanding as well as response to devastating events. At this time there will be competing dynamics operating in transmitting news to a broader public. In crisis, management of information tend to be critical for the authorities who are responsible for the action as well as the organization seeking to inform the public on what is on the ground.

However, there are some “contras” or opposite point in that issue of using social networks for disaster relief. The service warned that using social networks is taking risks. As report said, along with advantages of social media, there are drawbacks, too. He meant the sham or fake reports may diffuse (ю) via social networks, that is why people should not rely on technology, because there are some limitations

Social media helps keep people informed about many events and situations that have happened or are currently happening not only locally but worldwide as well. Examples of these kinds of events are natural disasters, recent criminal activity, politics, and sporting events to name a few. “Half of social network site users have shared news stories, images or videos, and nearly as many (46%) have discussed a news issue or event” (CAUMONT). This keeps people informed about what goes on in their country and in other countries. With this close connection to social media we benefit as individuals and families when one knows of any dangers that are lurking out in communities and the world. These may include: wanted criminals, predators, areas to avoid, suspicious activity, and otherwise. Another way social media keeps everyone