Online Community Response to Major Disaster: A Case Study of Tianya Forum in the 2008 China Earthquake
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Qu, Y, Wu, PF and Wang, X (2009) Online Community Response to Major Disaster: A Case Study of Tianya Forum in the 2008 China Earthquake In: 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2009 - 2009, Waikoloa, USA.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2009.330
Abstract
Immediately after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, the netizens reacted and participated in the disaster response in many ways. This work examined a popular Chinese discussion forum during the first week after the earthquake, adopting both quantitative and qualitative approaches. A new message classification scheme was developed to categorize 2,266 discussion threads posted to the forum. Four important roles played by the forum were identified and further examined. Design implications for disaster response systems were drawn.
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Business, Economics and Law > Surrey Business School |
| ID Code: | 7535 |
| Deposited By: | Symplectic Elements |
| Deposited On: | 08 Feb 2012 12:42 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jan 2013 09:14 |
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