Observing community resiliency in social media

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Abstract

In spite of social media's lack of structural integrity, accuracy, and reduced noise with respect to other forms of communication, it plays an increasingly vital role in the observation of societal actions before, during, and after significant events. In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy making landfall on the northeastern coasts of the United States demonstrated this role. This work provides a preliminary view into how social media could be used to monitor and gauge community resilience to such natural disasters. We observe, evaluate, and visualize how Twitter data evolves over time before, during, and after a natural disaster such as Hurricane Sandy and what opportunities there may be to leverage social media for situational awareness and emergency response.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2013 - 13th International Conference, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages491-501
Number of pages11
EditionPART 5
ISBN (Print)9783642396397
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event13th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2013 - Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Duration: Jun 24 2013Jun 27 2013

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 5
Volume7975 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2013
Country/TerritoryViet Nam
CityHo Chi Minh City
Period06/24/1306/27/13

Keywords

  • community resilience
  • social media
  • temporal analysis

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