TY - GEN
T1 - Tweeting and tornadoes
AU - Blanford, Justine I.
AU - Bernhardt, Jase
AU - Savelyev, Alexander
AU - Wong-Parodi, Gabrielle
AU - Carleton, Andrew M.
AU - Titley, David W.
AU - MacEachren, Alan M.
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - Social Media and micro-blogging is being used during crisis events to provide live up-to-date information as events evolve (before, during and after). Messages are posted by citizens or public officials. To understand the effectiveness of these messages, we examined the content of geo-located Twitter messages ("tweets") sent during the Moore, Oklahoma tornado of May 20th, 2013 (+/-1day) to explore the spatial and temporal relationships of real-time reactions of the general public. We found a clear transition of topics during each stage of the tornado event. Twitter was useful for posting and retrieving updates, reconstructing the sequence of events as well as capturing people's reactions leading up to, during and after the tornado. A long-term goal for the research reported here is to provide insights to forecasters and emergency response personnel concerning the impact of warnings and other advisory messages.
AB - Social Media and micro-blogging is being used during crisis events to provide live up-to-date information as events evolve (before, during and after). Messages are posted by citizens or public officials. To understand the effectiveness of these messages, we examined the content of geo-located Twitter messages ("tweets") sent during the Moore, Oklahoma tornado of May 20th, 2013 (+/-1day) to explore the spatial and temporal relationships of real-time reactions of the general public. We found a clear transition of topics during each stage of the tornado event. Twitter was useful for posting and retrieving updates, reconstructing the sequence of events as well as capturing people's reactions leading up to, during and after the tornado. A long-term goal for the research reported here is to provide insights to forecasters and emergency response personnel concerning the impact of warnings and other advisory messages.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84905820558
SN - 9780692211946
T3 - ISCRAM 2014 Conference Proceedings - 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
SP - 319
EP - 323
BT - ISCRAM 2014 Conference Proceedings - 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
PB - The Pennsylvania State University
T2 - 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2014
Y2 - 1 May 2014 through 1 May 2014
ER -