著者

Brett D. M. PEARY Rajib SHAW Yukiko TAKEUCHI

出版者

日本自然災害学会

雑誌

Journal of Natural Disaster Science (ISSN:03884090)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.34, no.1, pp.3-18, 2012 (Released:2015-05-13)

参考文献数

31

被引用文献数

22 97

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During the 2011 East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, newly popular social media such as Twitter and Facebook served as a lifeline for directly affected individuals, a means of information sharing, and a way for people inside and outside Japan to volunteer and to provide information-based support to affected individuals. Social media was used to perform vital relief functions such as safety identification, displaced-persons locating, damage information provision, support for disabled individuals, volunteer organization, fund-raising, and moral support systems. This study discusses the potential for public, civil society, and government organizations to utilize social media in disaster preparedness and response.