RUOK? Blogging Communication Technologies During Crises Export

@article{citeulike:1268743, abstract = {This article compares communication technologies within and across crises, using evidence from contemporary postings in 68,022 blogs and news feeds and using a semi-automatic method to detect words that increase in usage during a crisis. Three case studies from 2005 are used: the July 7 London attacks, the New Orleans hurricane, and the Pakistan-Kashmir earthquake. The results highlight the information provision importance for bloggers of Web 2.0 resources such as Wikinews, the Wikipedia, and the Flickr picture sharing site, although these still play a minor role in comparison to the mass media. Some personal communication methods were also mentioned significantly, including SMS and cellphones, but the newest technologies of those mentioned were all Web 2.0. The importance of electronic communication for bloggers was found to depend on the nature of the crisis: For example, despite the heavy Pakistan-Kashmir earthquake death toll, there was relatively little interest in related communication issues from English language bloggers and news sources.}, author = {Thelwall, Mike and Stuart, David}, citeulike-article-id = {1268743}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00336.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00336.x}, doi = {10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00336.x}, journal = {Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication}, keywords = {cellphones, communication\_methods, computer\_mediated\_communication, crises, crisis, technology}, number = {2}, pages = {523--548}, posted-at = {2009-10-03 18:10:13}, priority = {2}, title = {RUOK? Blogging Communication Technologies During Crises}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00336.x}, volume = {12}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1268743 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1268743 N2 - This article compares communication technologies within and across crises, using evidence from contemporary postings in 68,022 blogs and news feeds and using a semi-automatic method to detect words that increase in usage during a crisis. Three case studies from 2005 are used: the July 7 London attacks, the New Orleans hurricane, and the Pakistan-Kashmir earthquake. The results highlight the information provision importance for bloggers of Web 2.0 resources such as Wikinews, the Wikipedia, and the Flickr picture sharing site, although these still play a minor role in comparison to the mass media. Some personal communication methods were also mentioned significantly, including SMS and cellphones, but the newest technologies of those mentioned were all Web 2.0. The importance of electronic communication for bloggers was found to depend on the nature of the crisis: For example, despite the heavy Pakistan-Kashmir earthquake death toll, there was relatively little interest in related communication issues from English language bloggers and news sources. IS - 2 JF - Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication EP - 548 TI - RUOK? Blogging Communication Technologies During Crises VL - 12 SP - 523 KW - cellphones KW - communication_methods KW - computer_mediated_communication KW - crises KW - crisis KW - technology AU - Thelwall, Mike AU - Stuart, David PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00336.x ER -