Social Media Use In Crisis and Risk Communication

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Crises pose an immediate risk to life, health, and the environment and require urgent action. The public's use of social media has important implications for contingency policies and practices. Social media have the potential for risk reduction and preventive interaction with the public.

This book is about how different communicators - whether crisis managers, first responders, journalists, or private cit...