White, Connie M.

Social media, crisis communication, and emergency management : leveraging Web 2.0 technologies / Connie M. White. - Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2012. - xxvi, 307 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.



Why social media? -- Designing social media sites for emergency management : back to basics -- Social sites for group support using Facebook -- Introduction to microblogging using Twitter -- Relationships : Twitter for teams and information exchange -- Collaboration and documentation -- Mapping and open source disaster management systems -- Open source software : the building blocks of customization -- Launching and testing social media -- Onsite contributions -- Case studies -- Exercises -- Technical notes.

9781439853498 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Social media.
Online social networks.
Emergency management.

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