Multi-Modal Description of Public Safety Events Using Surveillance and Social Media

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 529-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Xu ◽  
Lin Mei ◽  
Zhihan Lv ◽  
Chuanping Hu ◽  
Xiangfeng Luo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
Modal Description

The Transformative Power of Social Media on Emergency and Crisis Management

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gideon F. For-mukwai
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Transformative Power ◽  
Emergency Managers ◽  
Human Endeavor ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
The Masses

There is a wind of transformation blowing across the world today. It is changing the face of emergency management and every field of human endeavor. It is called “social media”. These days, social media is redefining crisis preparedness through the increasing participation of the masses in the creation and distribution of content in ways that surpass the capacity of the mass media and public authorities. Public-generated content has been found to be useful in all phases of preparedness. Unfortunately, most public safety authorities are still suspicious of using social media in engaging and disseminating information. This article examines this new area of transformation that is having significant consequences on public safety and public life. As the scenario unfolds, emergency managers have a tough time choosing between the mass media and social media. Metaphorically, it is a race between a ‘hippo’ (mass media) and cheetah (social media).

The Transformative Power of Social Media on Emergency and Crisis Management

2012 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gideon F. For-mukwai
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Transformative Power ◽  
Emergency Managers ◽  
Human Endeavor ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
The Masses

There is a wind of transformation blowing across the world today. It is changing the face of emergency management and every field of human endeavor. It is called “social media”. These days, social media is redefining crisis preparedness through the increasing participation of the masses in the creation and distribution of content in ways that surpass the capacity of the mass media and public authorities. Public-generated content has been found to be useful in all phases of preparedness. Unfortunately, most public safety authorities are still suspicious of using social media in engaging and disseminating information. This paper examines this new area of transformation that is having significant consequences on public safety and public life. As the scenario unfolds, emergency managers have a tough time choosing between the mass media and social media. Metaphorically, it is a race between a ‘hippo’ (mass media) and cheetah (social media).

Going to Jail Because of the Internet

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Lane
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Content ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Stop And Frisk ◽  
The Law ◽  
Switching Strategies

Chapter 5 shows how the law works on the digital street. It reveals a new approach to gang suppression based on the editorial control of suspects’ online content. This chapter addresses a series of gang indictments in which police and prosecutors utilized social media to define and prosecute youth crews under conspiracy law, a practice that emerged as a stop-and-frisk method on the physical street lost legitimacy. The author shows how prosecutors learned to marshal social media as criminal evidence. This chapter explores also the pushback by teenagers whose code-switching strategies evolved to manage police suspicion. It considers gains in public safety and the collateral costs of the indictments.

The use of social media for campus safety

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany Haupt, MEd ◽  
Naim Kapucu, PhD ◽  
Jeffrey Morgan, MA
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Campus Community ◽  
Safety Communication ◽  
Emergency Managers ◽  
Campus Emergency Management ◽  
Use Of Social Media

As public safety communication evolved, each disaster or emergency presented unique challenges for emergency managers and others response to disasters. Yet, a foundational focus is the timely dissemination of accurate information to keep communities informed and able to prepare, mitigate, respond, and recover. For the campus community, the increase in bomb threats, active shooter incidents, and geographic-based natural disasters call for the discovery of reliable and cost-effective solutions for emergency information management. Social media is becoming a critical asset in this endeavor. This article examines the evolution of public safety communication, the unique setting of the campus community, and social media's role in campus disaster resilience. In addition, an exploratory study was done to better understand the perception of social media use for public safety within the campus community. The findings provide practical recommendations for campus emergency management professions; however, future research is needed to provide specific, actionable ways to achieve these goals as well as understand how diverse universities utilize a variety of platforms.

Understanding Decisions to Share Minor Public Safety Incidents on Twitter Through a Collective Action Theory Lens

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-92
Author(s):  
Mashael Yousef Almoqbel ◽  
Marwa Khalid Alraihan ◽  
Donghee Yvette Wohn
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Action Theory ◽  
The Public ◽  
External Incentives

Social media feeds provide a lot of information that would be of great value to law enforcement. Previous research dedicated considerable attention to sharing large-scale public safety incidents on social media. However, little research focused on minor public safety incidents. According to collective action theory, rational people would not participate in a public good unless there are external incentives other than the benefit from the public good. In this research, the authors use this theory to test public safety as the public good and see if such incentives have an effect on people's decisions to share incidents. They utilize a survey of U.S. adults with a sample of 285 participants. In this research, they hypothesize a positive relationship between decisions to share and engage in public safety on social media and 1) incident location proximity, 2) relationship with the victim, and 3) coercion. Results show general support for the theory's assumptions.

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