Fire, Wind and Water

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Information Transfer ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Geographic Region ◽  
The Media ◽  
Networking Technologies

This case examines the issue of increasing adoption of Social Networking Technologies (SNTs), particularly microblogging, for emergency management practices during natural disasters. It discusses the technologies and how they are an integral part of information transfer for citizens in the geographic region affected by the natural disaster. This case presents the progression of how SNTs have been used during and in the aftermath of natural disasters in Australia between 2009 and 2011; these events are used as ‘organization’ for the paper. Accurate and timely information during natural disasters is essential in providing citizens with details about whether they should stay or leave an area. Traditionally, information was provided through television and radio broadcasts; however, these types of communications were one-way and only allowed for the push of information to citizens. SNTs are being used by the media and emergency organizations to provide information to citizens. These technologies are dynamic in their approach, allowing for knowledge sharing of all parties involved.

Fire, Wind and Water

2013 ◽  
pp. 176-190
Author(s):  
Mark Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Information Transfer ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Geographic Region ◽  
The Media ◽  
Networking Technologies

This case examines the issue of increasing adoption of Social Networking Technologies (SNTs), particularly microblogging, for emergency management practices during natural disasters. It discusses the technologies and how they are an integral part of information transfer for citizens in the geographic region affected by the natural disaster. This case presents the progression of how SNTs have been used during and in the aftermath of natural disasters in Australia between 2009 and 2011; these events are used as ‘organization’ for the paper. Accurate and timely information during natural disasters is essential in providing citizens with details about whether they should stay or leave an area. Traditionally, information was provided through television and radio broadcasts; however, these types of communications were one-way and only allowed for the push of information to citizens. SNTs are being used by the media and emergency organizations to provide information to citizens. These technologies are dynamic in their approach, allowing for knowledge sharing of all parties involved.

The Role Of Social Networking Between Knowledge Donating And Productivity Among Service Sector Employees

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Sarah Khan ◽  
Dr. Nasir Mehmood
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Networking Technologies ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the direct impact of knowledge donating behaviour on employees’ productivity and an indirect effect through social networking technologies. Social networking technologies play a vital role in the growth and learning of individuals and organizations in today’s competitive business environment. Recently, advancement in social networking technologies has brought a paradigm shift in the overall business environment and specific operational requirements. This study aimed to investigate the role of social networking (SN) between knowledge donating behaviour (KD) and employees’ productivity (EP). Methodology: For this purpose, data were gathered from targeted respondents belonged to the Universities and Banks located in the Northern Punjab region of Pakistan. Structural Equation Modelling technique using the SmartPLS was carried to statistically analyse the responses. Findings: The results showed that the hypothesized relationship between knowledge sharing behaviour (KSB) and employee’s productivity was significant and positively related, while social networking played a significant mediating role between this relationship. Implications: The findings provided useful insight to the managers and policymakers for planning effective use of social networking technologies to craft knowledge sharing behaviour among employees to create efficiencies and intended outcomes. Originality: The study has uniquely focused merging phenomenon of knowledge sharing behaviour in the service sector of Pakistan, specifically among academic and financial sector by exploring the impact of social networking technologies and provide valuable future direction for researchers to further extend the underlined idea in the wake of current Covid-19 Pandemic.

scholarly journals Shifting the Blame: Storm and Wildfire Dramatic Images in American News Media

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Aris Munandar ◽  
Amin Basuki
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
News Media ◽  
Word List ◽  
Human Suffering ◽  
Impact Action ◽  
Media Frames ◽  
The Media ◽  
Discourse Studies ◽  
Current Impact

Some media frames might be likely to seek to evoke a certain sentiment, and that natural disaster coverage by the media focuses on the current impact of disasters. In their coverage, American news media use polar sentiment words to create bleeding images of natural disasters, potentially counter-productive to the wisdom of dealing with the natural disaster. Identifying the sentiment words that lead to a misperception of natural disasters can help journalists adopt the wisdom that natural disasters are not a human enemy. The corpus-assisted discourse studies (CADS) reported in this article investigates the American media's issues for dramatic reporting and the polar sentiment words utilized in the framing. The corpus is built from 100 news articles reporting wildfires and storms by ten major online American news media published from January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2020. It uses AntConc to generate word-list and word-link from which it identifies the dominant issues. Subsequently, it compares the AntConc word-list with A List of Sentiment Words to reveal the tones and dramatic imaging. The findings show that the dominant issues in storm reporting are description, impact, and prediction, while wildfire reporting are cause, impact, action, and prediction. The negative polar words produce dramatic images of storm as a violent beast and wildfire as a vengeful invader. Such description is provocative to blaming natural disasters as a cause of human suffering rather than improving our behaviors to reduce the suffering. Thus, it is counter-productive to acquiring wisdom for dealing with natural disasters.

scholarly journals Role of IoT devices in Flood Monitoring System using Social Networking Sites

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1986-1994
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Response Recovery ◽  
Flood Monitoring ◽  
Disaster Losses ◽  
Iot Devices

Each country has a natural disaster, but catastrophe losses can't be avoided. The loss of human life, damage to the environment, infrastructure degradation, etc. Which in turn affects the country's development facing the disaster's wrath? In this analysis, we discuss the various methods available in the literature to reduce the losses in flood-related natural disasters. There are four major steps in the prevention of disaster losses, including preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation. Existing methods that address the above steps and all the current methods have certain limitations and are therefore not all sufficient to minimize losses due to flooding. In order to overcome all the deficiencies in the exit method, we propose an IoT devices based algorithm to get the number of victims and survivors due to flood and reduce the flood losses model using social networking sites.

scholarly journals Go social for your own safety! Review of social networks use on natural disasters – case studies from worldwide

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 352-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nataša Dragović ◽  
Ðorđije Vasiljević ◽  
Uglješa Stankov ◽  
Miroslav Vujičić
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Inaccurate Information ◽  
Missing Persons ◽  
The World

Abstract Social networking sites (SNS) became an indispensable part of people’s everyday life, but also a powerful tool of communication during urgent situations, such as during natural disasters. This is evidenced by a large number of research papers showing the use of SNS in difficult circumstances. Some of the ways of using are the dissemination of information about missing persons, warning on further possible consequences, safety checks during natural disasters, communication about places where the population can find help or a safe refuge. At the same time, SNS could increase awareness among the population about natural hazards. Unfortunately, most parts of the world have at least once been hit by a major natural disaster. People who manage such events have a big task in front of them, as they need to exploit the potential of SNS, but also to reduce the negative side, such as spreading inaccurate information in difficult moments. The paper presents ways of using SNS, and the positive and negative effects of these, before, during and after natural disasters.

scholarly journals A Dilemma of Language: “Natural Disasters” in Academic Literature

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ksenia Chmutina ◽  
Jason von Meding
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Human Vulnerability ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Disaster Studies ◽  
The Media ◽  
Fit For Purpose

Abstract For decades sections of the academic community have been emphasizing that disasters are not natural. Nevertheless, politicians, the media, various international organizations—and, more surprisingly, many established researchers working in disaster studies—are still widely using the expression “natural disaster.” We systematically analyzed the usage of the expression “natural disaster” by disaster studies researchers in 589 articles in six key academic journals representative of disaster studies research, and found that authors are using the expression in three principal ways: (1) delineating natural and human-induced hazards; (2) using the expression to leverage popularity; and (3) critiquing the expression “natural disaster.” We also identified vulnerability themes that illustrate the context of “natural disaster” usage. The implications of continuing to use this expression, while explicitly researching human vulnerability, are wide-ranging, and we explore what this means for us and our peers. This study particularly aims to stimulate debate within the disaster studies research community and related fields as to whether the term “natural disaster” is really fit for purpose moving forward.

Libraries to the Rescue

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R. Mabe
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Unexpected Events ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Hurricane Irene ◽  
Chesterfield County ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Effective Reaction

Emergency management professionals over the years have realized that preplanning and coordination is essential when mounting an effective reaction to a natural disaster. During Hurricane Katrina, professionals learned that preplanning and preparation must include a plan for responding to the unexpected. Chesterfield County, VA learned this lesson in 2011 during Hurricane Irene when unexpected events required adjusting the plan. The amount of damage caused by Irene was minimal compared to Katrina but the impact of responding to unexpected needs was just as compelling. During Irene and other natural disasters that followed the Chesterfield County Public (CCPL) became a key component in meeting unexpected needs mass care and communications. CCPL can now serve as an information hub, double as a daytime relief shelter and participate in mass feeding if necessary during emergency situations. Selected library branches are also be used as overnight relief shelters when the activation of a standard sized shelter facility is not warranted.

scholarly journals Analyzing Post-Disaster Recovery Success Factors in Developing Countries Using Interpretive Structural Modeling Approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piyush Pradhananga ◽  
Mohamed ElZomor
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Disaster Recovery ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Interpretive Structural Modeling ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Post Disaster

Abstract There remains a significant gap in emergency management efforts and governance during natural disasters in developing countries, leading to preventable losses of life and damages to properties. Recent efforts to improve disaster responses and achieve long-term post-disaster recovery are threatened by increasing frequency of natural disasters and consistent failures in managing and planning responses. This study aims to: (1) investigate current state of emergency management practices using two case studies i.e., hurricanes in South Florida, United States and earthquakes in Kathmandu, Nepal; and (2) investigate the critical success factors that foster faster post-disaster recovery in developing countries, rank them, and develop an Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) framework. To achieve these objectives, the study conducted a systematic literature review (SLR) and questionnaire surveys to stakeholders who reside in disaster-prone communities both in the United States and Nepal. The study results indicated that bolstering critical transportation systems is the most influential factor that impacts other success factors during post-disaster recovery in developing countries. Moreover, the study results also indicated that a significant gap exists in awareness and proactive decision-making skills among many Nepalese residents due to the lack of emergency management training, policies, and leadership in emergency situations. The findings of this study contribute to two bodies of knowledge: firstly, the construction management through embracing systematic ISM framework that bridges the gaps in post-disaster recovery efforts in developing countries; and secondly, disaster risk management by demonstrating the strengths and weaknesses of emergency management practices in disaster-prone communities of developed and developing countries.

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