How members of society interact during disasters has significantly changed because of
technological innovations and new media evolution. The modality changes in crisis …

Big Data Systems (BDSs) are an emerging class of scalable software technologies whereby
massive amounts of heterogeneous data are gathered from multiple sources, managed …

Hesitancy towards the COVID-19 vaccine remains high among the US population. Now that
the vaccine is available to priority populations, it is critical to convince those that are hesitant …

In recent times societal crises such as the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak have given
rise to a tension between formal 'command and control'and informal social media activated …

Social media is an invaluable source of time-critical information during a crisis. However,
emergency response and humanitarian relief organizations that would like to use this …

During a public health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, a credible and easy-to-access
information portal is highly desirable. It helps with disease prevention, public health …

Recent extreme events show that Twitter, a micro-blogging service, is emerging as the
dominant social reporting tool to spread information on social crises. It is elevating the online …

In today's world, online social media plays a vital role during real world events, especially
crisis events. There are both positive and negative effects of social media coverage of …

Abstract The Boston Marathon bombing story unfolded on every possible carrier of
information available in the spring of 2013, including Twitter. As information spread, it was …

The US Geological Survey (USGS) is investigating how the social networking site Twitter, a
popular service for sending and receiving short, public text messages, can augment USGS …