TY - JOUR
T1 - Screaming into the Wind
T2 - Examining the Volume and Content of Tweets Associated with Hurricane Sandy
AU - Lachlan, Kenneth A.
AU - Spence, Patric R.
AU - Lin, Xialing
AU - Del Greco, Maria
PY - 2014/11/7
Y1 - 2014/11/7
N2 - Social media have gained increased use as sources of information, including information related to risks and crises. The current study explores Twitter use in the days leading up to the landfall of Hurricane Sandy in October, 2012. It provides an overview of the type of content tweeted, along with an assessment of the utility of this content in mitigating similar emergencies in the future. Tweets were collected at multiple time points. Tweet rate increased during the storm, and specific keywords were not used extensively. Government and organizational responses were largely absent. Finally, Twitter was used more for emotional release than to provide information.
AB - Social media have gained increased use as sources of information, including information related to risks and crises. The current study explores Twitter use in the days leading up to the landfall of Hurricane Sandy in October, 2012. It provides an overview of the type of content tweeted, along with an assessment of the utility of this content in mitigating similar emergencies in the future. Tweets were collected at multiple time points. Tweet rate increased during the storm, and specific keywords were not used extensively. Government and organizational responses were largely absent. Finally, Twitter was used more for emotional release than to provide information.
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U2 - 10.1080/10510974.2014.956941
DO - 10.1080/10510974.2014.956941
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84908509782
VL - 65
SP - 500
EP - 518
JO - Communication Studies
JF - Communication Studies
SN - 0008-9575
IS - 5
ER -