Communicating on Twitter during a disaster: An analysis of tweets during Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines

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Highlights:

• A typology of Twitter use before, during, and after Typhoon Haiyan was tested.

• Time of use, location, type of user, and social media engagement were tested.

• Retweet information, coordinate relief, and memorialize victims were the main uses.

• Recommendations for future research and applications in crises are presented.

摘要

•A typology of Twitter use before, during, and after Typhoon Haiyan was tested.•Time of use, location, type of user, and social media engagement were tested.•Retweet information, coordinate relief, and memorialize victims were the main uses.•Recommendations for future research and applications in crises are presented.

论文关键词:Content analysis,Crisis,Natural disasters,Social media,Twitter

论文评审过程:Available online 29 April 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.04.020