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Entries in Telecommunications (4)
Old Media Versus Social Media in Emergency Situations
Dave Fleet makes some level-headed comments on emergency use of social media in How Do You Define ‘Media’ In A Crisis? He discusses what the relationship should be between traditional media and social media in a crisis or disaster situation.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Social Networking, Newspapers, Demographics, Social Media, Disaster Response, Homeland Security, Emergency, communications, Local Government, Telecommunications
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Appropriate Technology, Mobile Web Access, and Developing Countries
Nathan Eagle’s The Mobile Web is NOT helping the Developing World… and what we can do about it provides food for thought for those who believe that web access in developing countries — generally thought to be a good thing — will happen automatically.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Google, Disaster Response, Mobility, Emergency, communications, GUI, Telecommunications, Cell Phones, Developing Countries
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Potential Applications of Social Media and Social Networking in Local Disaster Response
People use the tools available to them when a crisis hits. Increasingly these tools include blogs, text messaging, and social networking systems such as Facebook. The use of such communication tools in disaster and emergency situations is evidence of an obvious fact: the people most involved in an emergency are going to communicate about it. The question is, how can those in an official capacity take advantage of these communication channels?
Dennis D. McDonald
in Management Tools, Blogging, Social Networking, Expertise Management, Tagging, Social Media, Technology, Disaster Response, Homeland Security, Emergency, Telecommunications
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A Variety of Disaster Response Communications Options
The IAEM is the International Association of Emergency Managers, "a non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting the goals of saving lives and protecting property during emergencies and disasters." On September 26 I posted the following message to the online IAEM Discussion list:
Dennis D. McDonald
in Social Networking, Social Media, Disaster Response, Telecommunications
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