scholarly journals DamaGIS: a multisource geodatabase for collection of flood-related damage data

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clotilde Saint-Martin ◽  
Pierre Javelle ◽  
Freddy Vinet
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Flood Damage ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Flood Events ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Partial Data ◽  
Damage Data ◽  
Reproducible Method ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. The present paper introduces a new database for collection of flood-related damage and assessment at the local scale. Every year in France, recurring flood events result in several million Euros of damage, and reducing the heavy consequences of floods has become a high priority. However, actions to reduce the impact of floods are often hindered by the lack of damage data on past flood events. Even if partial data were available, data sharing within the research community is very limited and closely supervised to ensure the protection of individuals' personal information. In comparison, the growth of social and online media has provided access to broad information at the local and global scales. Therefore, the DamaGIS database offers an innovative bottom-up approach to gather and identify damage data from multiple sources, including new media. This paper also presents an easily reproducible method to assess the severity of flood damage. The DamaGIS database is available at doi:10.5281/zenodo.1186623.

scholarly journals DamaGIS: a multisource geodatabase for collection of flood-related damage data

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1019-1029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clotilde Saint-Martin ◽  
Pierre Javelle ◽  
Freddy Vinet
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Flood Damage ◽  
Flood Events ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
The Past ◽  
Damage Data ◽  
Reproducible Method ◽  
Operating Instructions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Assess Data Quality

Abstract. Every year in France, recurring flood events result in several million euros of damage, and reducing the heavy consequences of floods has become a high priority. However, actions to reduce the impact of floods are often hindered by the lack of damage data on past flood events. The present paper introduces a new database for collection and assessment of flood-related damage. The DamaGIS database offers an innovative bottom-up approach to gather and identify damage data from multiple sources, including new media. The study area has been defined as the south of France considering the high frequency of floods over the past years. This paper presents the structure and contents of the database. It also presents operating instructions in order to keep collecting damage data within the database. This paper also describes an easily reproducible method to assess the severity of flood damage regardless of the location or date of occurrence. A first analysis of the damage contents is also provided in order to assess data quality and the relevance of the database. According to this analysis, despite its lack of comprehensiveness, the DamaGIS database presents many advantages. Indeed, DamaGIS provides a high accuracy of data as well as simplicity of use. It also has the additional benefit of being accessible in multiple formats and is open access. The DamaGIS database is available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1241089.

Redirecting the agenda

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Weimann ◽  
Hans-Bernd Brosius
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Basic Theory ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Basic Assumptions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Intervening Factors

Abstract Since its initial introduction, the paradigm of agenda-setting has become more refined and complex. In addition to the introduction of intervening factors the agenda-setting paradigm is now challenged by a rapidly changing media environment. This paper reviews the impact of online media technologies and digital platforms on the basic assumptions of the theory. The review sets out to reassess the conceptualization of the agenda-setting theorem by highlighting the development of new processes, attributes and features applicable to the online media. Our review, based on the findings of numerous studies on new media and agenda-setting, suggests several modifications of the basic theory.

scholarly journals RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT OF INTERNET MEDIA ON EPIDEMIC PREVENTION AND CONTROL

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
FAN ZHANG ◽  
JIA-HUI LI
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Control Work ◽  
The Masses ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

At the beginning of 2020, COVID-19 broke out. After the COVID-19 outbreak, online media became an important channel for the masses to obtain information about the epidemic. According to the different social functions of various online media, this paper classifies the important online media in this epidemic into four categories, namely, official media, government media, market-oriented media and We-media. By using the crawler software tool, crawling the Weibo data of the People’s Daily, The Paper, Healthy China, and Doctor Do of Concord, from January 1, 2020, to March 1, 2020, combined with the data of confirmed cases of the domestic novel coronavirus epidemic in the same period, constructed a multiple regression model to conduct empirical research on the effects of online media on different subjects. The research results show that official new media and market-based media are negatively correlated with the number of people infected with the epidemic, whereas government media are more inclined to reflect the law of the development of the epidemic and are positively correlated with the development of the epidemic. Therefore, taking the initiative to grasp the public opinion guidance of the official media and market-oriented media can achieve better publicity effect in the epidemic prevention and control work.

An analysis of Italian damage data to economic activities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Galliani ◽  
Francesca Carisi ◽  
Alessio Domeneghetti ◽  
Giovanni Menduni ◽  
Daniela Molinari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Role ◽  
Flood Damage ◽  
Flood Events ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Commercial Activities ◽  
Flood Impacts ◽  
Damage Modelling ◽  
Damage Data ◽  
Observed Damage

<p>The study of flood impacts on the different sectors that compose the built environment and the society is crucial to implement actions of prevention, mitigation, and cautious planning. In such a context, the sector of businesses assumes a critical role, both for its importance for the wellbeing of the society and because of the high losses it suffers in case of inundations. Nevertheless, flood damage modelling to businesses is still a challenging task: the large number of different commercial activities, their specific geographical and economic contexts and the few observed damage data are just some of the reasons for that. In Italy, for example, a shared methodology to assess damage to enterprises is not present; building knowledge about types and dimensions of impacts of flood events to economic activities is then even more impelling. This contribution presents the analysis of about a thousand observed damage records regarding industrial and commercial activities, collected by four research groups after different flood events in Italy: the inundation occurred in the town of Lodi (Lombardia Region) in 2002, the one in Sardegna Region in 2013, and the floods caused in the Emilia-Romagna Region by Secchia (2014) and Enza (2017) Rivers. Data retrieved from the local and regional authorities responsible for damage compensation present different levels of detail and aggregation, according to the case study investigated. In all cases, they refer to the direct damage only and, for each case study, they have been first organised according to the activity types (e.g. trade, manufacturing, construction, finance) and per affected components: i.e. structure, equipment and stock. Data analysis has been led by some questions, we identified as key to start developing knowledge for damage modelling:  are there similarities in the different case studies? Which are the more affected business sectors in case of flood? Which component suffers the highest damage among structure, equipment, and stock? Is there an empirical trend of damage with hazard parameters? Results were first compared with the socio-economic context of the affected area, to have a first confirmation of data quality and reliability; then, the analysis focused on searching information and relationships between damage and activity type, activity dimension and water level. Results support the identification of the more vulnerable elements within the business sector, orienting modellers’ and decision-makers’ choices.</p>

scholarly journals NEW MEDIA AND MODEL OF NEWS REPORTING IN NORTH SUMATERA, INDONESIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 379
Author(s):  
Hendra Harahap ◽  
Yovita Sabarina ◽  
Fatma Wardy Lubis
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
News Reporting ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Work ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Studies in the presence of new media and its relationship with conventional media recently could be mapped into three trends. Firstly, studies in media competition between traditional and online media. These studies, generally put online media both in a position that is superior to traditional media, and also as a complement to the existence of traditional media. Second, studies that explore patterns of online and print media consumption that show dualism in the use of media by the public. These study highlight how consumers use online and print media together and are complementary (complementary models). Third, studies that look at the impact of social media on journalism practices that give a new character to the system and mechanism of media work. This article will explain the relationship between the growth of new media, media competition and its impacts on the mode of news reporting in North Sumatra, Indonesia. This article starts with the assumption that the massive expansion of new media can also have a positive impact on the industry and media organizations.

The impact of the new media on public relations in the public administration in Kurdistan Region

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 268-288
Author(s):  
Dlan Ismail Mawlud ◽  
Hoshyar Mozafar Ali
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
New Media ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Management System ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Kurdistan Region ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
The Impact

The development of technology, information technology and various means of communication have a significant impact on public relations activity; especially in government institutions. Many government institutions have invested these means in their management system, in order to facilitate the goals of the institution, and ultimately the interaction between the internal and external public. In this theoretical research, I tried to explain the impact of the new media on public relations in the public administration, based on the views of specialists. The aim of the research is to know the use of the new media of public relations and how in the system of public administration, as well as, Explaining the role it plays in public relations activities of government institutions. Add to this, analyzing the way of how new media and public relations participate in the birth of e-government. In the results, it is clear that the new media has facilitated public relations between the public and other institutions, as it strengthened relations between them

Information and scientific impact of Advanced Therapies in the age of mass media: an Altmetrics-based analysis of Tissue Engineering. (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Santisteban ◽  
Julia Moran ◽  
Miguel Ángel Martín Piedra ◽  
Antonio Campos Muñoz ◽  
José Antonio Moral Muñoz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Prediction Equation ◽  
Factorial Analysis ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Scientific Impact ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
The Impact

BACKGROUND Tissue engineering (TE) constitutes a multidisciplinary field aiming to construct artificial tissues to regenerate end-staged organs. Its development has taken placed since the last decade of the 20th century, entailing a clinical revolution. In this sense, TE research groups have worked and shared relevant information in the mass media era. Thus, it would be interesting to study the online dimension of TE research and to compare it with traditional measures of scientific impact. OBJECTIVE To evaluate TE online dimension from 2012 to 2018 by using metadata obtained from the Web of Science (WoS) and Altmetrics and to develop a prediction equation for the impact of TE documents from Almetrics scores. METHODS We have analyzed 23,719 TE documents through descriptive and statistical methods. First, TE temporal evolution was exposed for WoS and fifteen online platforms (News, Blogs, Policy, Twitter, Patents, Peer review, Weibo, Facebook, Wikipedia, Google, Reddit, F1000, Q&A, Video and Mendeley readers). The 10 most-cited TE original articles were ranked according to WoS citations and the Altmetric Attention Score. Second, in order to better comprehend TE online framework, a correlation and factorial analysis were performed based on the suitable results previously obtained for the Bartlett Sphericity and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin tests. Finally, the liner regression model was applied to elucidate the relation between academy and online media and to construct a prediction equation for TE from Altmetrics data. RESULTS TE dynamic shows an upward trend in WoS citations, Twitter, Mendeley Readers and Altmetric Scores. However, WoS and Altmetrics rankings for the most cited documents clearly differs. When compared, the best correlation results were obtained for Mendeley readers and WoS (ρ=0.71). In addition, the factorial analysis identified six factors that could explain the previously observed differences between TE academy, and the online platforms evaluated. At this point, the mathematical model constructed is able to predict and explain more than the 40% of TE WoS citations from Altmetrics scores. CONCLUSIONS The scientific information related to the construction of bioartificial tissues increasingly reaches society through different online media. Because of the focus of TE research importantly differs when the academic institutions and online platforms are compared, it could be stated that basic and clinical research groups, academic institutions and health politicians should take it into account in a coordinated effort oriented to the design and implementation of adequate strategies for information diffusion and population health education.

scholarly journals The Impact of Big Data on Electronic Commerce in Profit Organisations in Saudi Arabia

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Bader A. Alyoubi
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Inventory Management ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Predictive Analytics ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
The Impact

Big Data is gaining rapid popularity in e-commerce sector across the globe. There is a general consensus among experts that Saudi organisations are late in adopting new technologies. It is generally believed that the lack of research in latest technologies that are specific to Saudi Arabia that is culturally, socially, and economically different from the West, is one of the key factors for the delay in technology adoption in Saudi Arabia. Hence, to fill this gap to a certain extent and create awareness about Big Data technology, the primary goal of this research was to identify the impact of Big Data on e-commerce organisations in Saudi Arabia. Internet has changed the business environment of Saudi Arabia too. E-commerce is set for achieving new heights due to latest technological advancements. A qualitative research approach was used by conducting interviews with highly experienced professional to gather primary data. Using multiple sources of evidence, this research found out that traditional databases are not capable of handling massive data. Big Data is a promising technology that can be adopted by e-commerce companies in Saudi Arabia. Big Data’s predictive analytics will certainly help e-commerce companies to gain better insight of the consumer behaviour and thus offer customised products and services. The key finding of this research is that Big Data has a significant impact in e-commerce organisations in Saudi Arabia on various verticals like customer retention, inventory management, product customisation, and fraud detection.

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