Microblogging in Crisis Situations: Mass Protests in Iran, Tunisia, Egypt

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dc.contributorComputer Science. Digital Library Research Laboratoryen
dc.contributor.authorKavanaugh, Andrea L.en
dc.contributor.authorYang, Seungwonen
dc.contributor.authorLi, Lin Tzyen
dc.contributor.authorSheetz, Steven D.en
dc.contributor.authorFox, Edward A.en
dc.contributor.departmentDigital Library Research Laboratoryen
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Scienceen
dc.date.accessed2014-09-09en
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-29T20:36:39Zen
dc.date.available2015-05-29T20:36:39Zen
dc.date.issued2011-05-01en
dc.description.abstractIn this paper we briefly examine the use of Twitter in Iran, Tunisia and Egypt during the mass political demonstrations and protests in June 2009, December 2010 and January 2011 respectively. We compare this usage with methods and findings from other studies on the use of Twitter in emergency situations, such as natural and man-made disasters. We draw on my own experiences and participant-observations as an eyewitness in Iran, and on Twitter data from Tunisia and Egypt. In these three cases, Twitter filled a unique technology and communication gap at least partially. We summarize suggested directions for future research with a view of placing this work in the larger context of social media use in conditions of crisis or social convergence.en
dc.description.notesPresented at CHI 2011, May 7-12, Vancouver, Canadaen
dc.format.extent7 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationKavanaugh, Andrea, Seungwon Yang, Lin Tzy Li, Steven D. Sheetz, Edwad A. Fox. "Microblogging in Crisis Situations: Mass Protests in Iran, Tunisia, and Egypt." Workshop in conjuction with the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '11). May 7-12, 2011.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/52858en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://eventsarchive.org/sites/default/files/Twitter%20Use%20in%20Iran%20Tunisia%20Egypt.Kavanaugh.Final__0.pdfen
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectTwitteren
dc.subjectMicrobloggingen
dc.subjectSocial mediaen
dc.subjectCrisis informaticsen
dc.titleMicroblogging in Crisis Situations: Mass Protests in Iran, Tunisia, Egypten
dc.typeTechnical reporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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