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Disasters: Knowledge and Information in the New Age of Anomie

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Something similar has happened with the Internet and social media. Early views of social media (e.g. 2012) found that the negative aspects, such as the diffusion of unfounded rumour, were self-correcting. Social media in disaster risk reduction and crisis management. Haynes 2012. Bird et al.

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Haiti: has there been progress in disaster reduction since the last big earthquake?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Consider, for example, the role of the Internet and social media. As they lend a sense of immediacy and connection, social media have strengthened that relationship, and never more than in times of disaster. ii] Farmer, Paul 2012. The intervening years have produced conflicting signals. Haiti After the Earthquake.

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