Social Media Use in Crisis and Risk Communication: Emergencies, Concerns and Awareness

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and is freely available to read online. Presenting research on social media use in crisis and risk cases: a terrorist attack, a natural disaster and an infectious disease of international concern, this book investigates how social media plays a crucial role in mitigating or preventing crises.

Harald Hornmoen is Professor of Journalism at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway. He has coordinated the research project on which this book is based: Researching Social Media and Collaborative Software Use in Emergency Situations (RESCUE). His research interests include risk and environmental communication, science journalism and literary journalism. Hornmoen’s recent publications include Environmentally Friendly Oil and Gas Production: Analyzing Governmental Argumentation and Press Deliberation on Oil Policy, Environmental Communication, Issue 2, (2018), and the co-edited book Putting a Face on It. Individual Exposure and Subjectivity in Journalism, (2017). Klas Backholm is the Coordinator of the Mass Communication Programme at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. His research areas include usability-testing of technical innovations for journalism, and the psychological wellbeing of journalists after work-related crisis exposure. Backholm’s recent publications include Crises, Rumours and Reposts: Journalists’ Social Media Content Gathering and Verification Practices in Breaking News Situations in the Media and Communication journal (2017), and Distress Among Journalists Working the Incidents in the Handbook of the Psychology of Mass Shootings (2016).