scholarly journals Town-Watching Workshop Using Disaster Information Tweeting and Mapping System

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keisuke Utsu ◽  
Shun Ueta ◽  
Sachi Tajima ◽  
Yoshitaka Kajita ◽  
Yuji Murakami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Mutual Help ◽  
Mapping System ◽  
Disaster Information ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Town

Self- and mutual-help by citizens are important as well as social-help from the local governments, for disaster prevention and mitigation. Then, town watching and disaster prevention map-making workshops are held to review the town and promote self- and mutual-help by citizens. On the other hand, the use of social media for information sharing during and after disasters has been gaining attention. To facilitate information sharing in disasters, we developed a web system, Disaster Information Tweeting and Mapping System (DITS/DIMS). From the above background, we organized a town-watching workshop using DITS/DIMS in October 2018 in Minami Ward, Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan; affected area of the Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake in September 2018. In this paper, we explain the workshop procedure, outcome, questionnaire survey results, and post-meeting. The questionnaire survey result shows that the workshop educated the participants about posting useful information on social media during a disaster. In addition, at the post-meeting, the participants recognized that they had reviewed the town only from the perspective of “daily life” convenience before the earthquake, and they had not evaluated the “emergency viewpoint.” Therefore, the workshop was a meaningful opportunity for the participants to review the town in terms of disaster prevention and mitigation.

Enacting social media success in local public administrations

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ignacio Criado ◽  
Francisco Rojas-Martín ◽  
J. Ramon Gil-Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Preliminary Validation ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Institutional Model

Purpose The diffusion of social media among public administrations has significantly grown in the last years. This phenomenon has created a field of research that seeks to understand the adoption and impact of social media in the public sector. The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors that make social media successful in Spanish local governments. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on an adapted version of a neo-institutional model: Enacting Electronic Government Success (EEGS). The data have been collected through three main sources: primary data from a questionnaire designed and conducted by the authors, secondary data of statistical sources, and tertiary data collected through Klout Score. Findings The results from a survey and statistical analysis provide preliminary validation of the model and show a direct relationship between organizational, institutional, and environmental factors with the successful use of social media in local public administrations. The data analysis shows that ten variables jointly explain 54.6 percent (adjusted R2=0.546) of the variability observed in the dependent variable. Research limitations/implications First, the analysis model used represents a limited sample size to carry out a complex quantitative analysis. Second, the use of Klout Scores can offer some bias. Finally, certain variables complicate the comparative potential of the study. Originality/value This study provides original primary data and contributes to the growing field of study related to social technologies in public administrations. This research also confirms in an exploratory way the validity of the EEGS model.

scholarly journals Spam Detection Framework using ML Algorithm

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 5326-5329
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Detection System ◽  
Reliable Data ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Spam Detection ◽  
Function Type ◽  
Use Of Social Media

The current use of social media has created incomparable amounts of social data, as it is a cheap and popular information sharing communication platform. Nowadays, a huge percentage of people depend on the accessible material on social networking in their choices (e.g. comments and suggestions about a subject or product). This feature on exchanging knowledge with a wide number of users has quickly prompted social spammers to exploit the network of confidence to distribute spam messages and support personal forums, advertising, phishing, scams and so on. Identifying these spammers and spam material is a hot subject of study, and while large amounts of experiments have recently been conducted to this end, so far the methodologies are only barely able to identify spam feedback, and none of them demonstrates the value of each derived function type. In this study, we have suggested a machine learning-based spam detection system that determines whether or not a specific message in the dataset is spam using a set of machine learning algorithms. Four main features have been used; including user-behavioral, user-linguistic, reviewbehavioral and review-linguistic, to improve the spam detection process and to gather reliable data

Using Social Media for Dynamic Information Dissemination in the 21st Century

2021 ◽  
pp. 231-250
Author(s):  
Fredrick Olatunji Ajegbomogun
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Dynamic Information ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Independent Decision

The implementation and usage of information and communication technology (ICT) in library functions and facilities has revolutionized the way people use information and librarians perform their work. As a result of the advent of social media, the world's knowledge outlook has changed significantly, resulting in the sharing of thoughts, emotions, images, and videos as resources. A library is worth considering; it is a key to learning, a foundation for long-term mastery of information, and it promotes independent decision-making. The use of social media in library activities has enticed a significant number of users, but it has also challenged libraries to modernize their service delivery. Facebook, Twitter, Wikis, WhatsApp, MySpace, and LinkedIn facilitate community courses, collaboration, and information sharing. As a consequence, it is vital for libraries to consider and prioritize their users' needs.

Antecedents of Medical Crowdfunding Information Sharing Behaviors on Social Media: an empirical study (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuejie Yang ◽  
Bin Ding ◽  
Xiaoyu Wang ◽  
Dongxiao Gu ◽  
Changyong Liang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Interpersonal Behavior ◽  
Warm Glow ◽  
Relationship Orientation ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Facilitating Conditions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sharing Behavior

BACKGROUND The extensive use of social media enables crowdfunding information to spread to a wider extent. Therefore, understanding people’s psychological motivation to help others becomes a critical issue. OBJECTIVE We focus on the sharing behaviors of medical crowdfunding initiations on social media and aims to investigate the psychological motivational factors contribute to people’s sharing behaviors. METHODS Based on the theory of interpersonal behavior, a model was developed to examine the factors that influence people’s intention and actual sharing behaviors of medical crowdfunding on social media. The model was tested empirically using lagged data from 363 Chinese participants. RESULTS The results show that altruism (β = 0.11, p < .05), warm glow (β = 0.45, p < .001), relationship orientation (β = 0.12, p < .05), and perceived information credibility (β = 0.21, p < .001) are antecedents of intention to share of medical crowdfunding information. Inter-dependency between altruism and warm glow such that altruism is positively related to warm glow (β = 0.59, p < .001). Intention to share information (β = 0.59, p < .001), habit (β = 0.29, p < .001), and facilitating conditions (β = 0.15, p < .01) positively impact actual sharing behaviors of medical crowdfunding information. Our results also reveal no moderating effects of facilitating conditions (β = 0.08, p > .05) and habits (β = -0.03, p > .05) in the relationship between crowdfunding information sharing intention and actual sharing behavior. CONCLUSIONS This study develops a theoretical model that explains people's intention to share crowdfunding information. Findings have theoretical values for researchers as well as practical values for medical crowdfunding initiator and the platform designer.

scholarly journals Crisis Coordination and the Role of Social Media in Response to COVID-19 in Wuhan, China

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 698-705
Author(s):  
Yiran Li ◽  
Yanto Chandra ◽  
Naim Kapucu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Information Overload ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Crisis Response ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
The Government ◽  
Use Of Social Media

The commentary addresses the government’s role in mitigating information asymmetry problems during pandemic crisis response. We use the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, as a case to show the use of social media as a key mechanism in shaping the actions of the central government in its coordination with the local governments during the pandemic response. The Chinese government effectively collaborated with a social media platform to not only create a dedicated channel to allow citizens to post information about the pandemic to accelerate the speed of relief but also mobilize citizens and nonprofit organizations to support government response and recovery efforts. This suggests that social media can provide a venue for the government to not only tackle the information overload but also mitigate the friction among levels of governments.

scholarly journals Social Media Mapping as Digital Infrastructure for Disaster Prevention and Reduction

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 03001
Author(s):  
Kayoko Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Heavy Rain ◽  
Real Space ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
The Real ◽  
Spatiotemporal Information ◽  
Disaster Information ◽  
Close Relationship

At the time of the Heavy Rain Disaster in Western Japan in July, 2018, it was possible to gather and accumulate a variety of disaster information using the function of social media mapping included in our spatiotemporal information system. Considering these circumstances and taking up the above social media mapping, the present study described the issues related to the development and utilization of digital infrastructures as one of the measures for disaster prevention and reduction. As the results of the present study, it is possible to rescue and support victims, and cause excessive information and confusion, due to the close relationship between the real and virtual space in the super smart society of Japan. Additionally, it is essential to effectively utilize the information included in the virtual space at the time of disaster. Specifically, it is an important issue to make use of the information on social media for rescue in the real space. Furthermore, it is necessary to take the measures for the people vulnerable to disaster who require the disaster information most. For this, it is necessary to prepare a variety of ICT in addition to oral communication.

scholarly journals Development of Community Disaster Prevention SNS System: An Examination of Pre-disaster Information Sharing

2012 ◽  
Vol 76 (0) ◽  
pp. 2PMB03-2PMB03
Author(s):  
Naohiro YOSHIYAMA ◽  
Tatsuya KIKUCHI ◽  
Kazuyoshi KORIDA ◽  
Yuki SHIBATA ◽  
Masaya TAKAHASHI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Disaster Information

Understanding government discourses on social media: Lessons from the use of YouTube at local level1

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Osiris S. González-Galván
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
The Past ◽  
Communication Processes ◽  
The World ◽  
Digital Methods ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Local Governments around the world have taken advantage of social media during the past ten years to improve transparency and to provide public services. Challenges related to information management and citizen participation have emerged, namely at the local level where the diffusion of social media has been slower compared to initiatives launched at the national level. This paper analyzes how the use of social media can reflect a change in the discursive exchanges established between local governments in Canada and Mexico and citizens. To achieve this goal, the use of YouTube by the municipalities of Quebec and Morelia was examined by using digital methods and content analysis. The author proposes the emergence of new conditions between government and users, which are changing the discourse, identity, and communication purposes of the municipalities. However, the development of more dialogic communication processes supported by social media is still a promise, at least on YouTube.

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