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Tweeting Supertyphoon Haiyan: Evolving Functions of Twitter during and after a Disaster Event
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 3, p e0150190 (2016), PLoS ONE
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016.
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Abstract
- When disaster events capture global attention users of Twitter form transient interest communities that disseminate information and other messages online. This paper examines content related to Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda) as it hit the Philippines and triggered international humanitarian response and media attention. It reveals how Twitter conversations about disasters evolve over time, showing an issue attention cycle on a social media platform. The paper examines different functions of Twitter and the information hubs that drive and sustain conversation about the event. Content analysis shows that the majority of tweets contain information about the typhoon or its damage, and disaster relief activities. There are differences in types of content between the most retweeted messages and posts that are original tweets. Original tweets are more likely to come from ordinary users, who are more likely to tweet emotions, messages of support, and political content compared with official sources and key information hubs that include news organizations, aid organization, and celebrities. Original tweets reveal use of the site beyond information to relief coordination and response.
- Subjects :
- History
Databases, Factual
Economics
Philippines
Emotions
0211 other engineering and technologies
Social Sciences
lcsh:Medicine
Poison control
02 engineering and technology
Geographical Locations
Disasters
0508 media and communications
Sociology
Psychology
lcsh:Science
Language
Crisis communication
media_common
Multidisciplinary
Emergency management
Cyclonic Storms
Event (computing)
05 social sciences
Social Communication
Resource Management (Economics)
Social Networks
Network Analysis
Research Article
Computer and Information Sciences
Asia
media_common.quotation_subject
Twitter
Internet privacy
Information Dissemination
Disaster Planning
050801 communication & media studies
Social media
Conversation
021110 strategic, defence & security studies
Disaster Aid
business.industry
lcsh:R
Cognitive Psychology
Biology and Life Sciences
Communications
Content analysis
People and Places
Cognitive Science
lcsh:Q
business
Social Media
Neuroscience
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLOS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0f69a1ccba4cf3b5a36c48f8ca2d4352