TY - CONF
T1 - GeoSocial: exploring the usefulness of social media mining in the applied natural geohazard sciences
AU - Bee, Emma J.
AU - Filgueira, Rosa
AU - Poole, Jacob
N1 - Janet Watson Meeting 2018 : a Data Explosion : the Impact of Big Data in Geoscience ; Conference date: 27-02-2018 Through 01-03-2018
PY - 2018/2/27
Y1 - 2018/2/27
N2 - Obtaining real-time information about a geohazard event as it unfolds, such as a flood or earthquake, used to be largely limited to the professional media. Nowadays, obtaining news stories from social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr etc.), directly as they unfold, is becoming the ‘norm’ for many in society. The Haitian Earthquake in January 2010 and the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011, provided some of the first natural hazard examples, to really demonstrate the power of social media over traditional news sources for obtaining, live information from which people and authorities could gain situational awareness.
AB - Obtaining real-time information about a geohazard event as it unfolds, such as a flood or earthquake, used to be largely limited to the professional media. Nowadays, obtaining news stories from social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr etc.), directly as they unfold, is becoming the ‘norm’ for many in society. The Haitian Earthquake in January 2010 and the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011, provided some of the first natural hazard examples, to really demonstrate the power of social media over traditional news sources for obtaining, live information from which people and authorities could gain situational awareness.
M3 - Paper
SP - 18
EP - 19
ER -