Small Worlds: Crowd-sourcing, Crisis Maps and Military Mash-ups

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Air date:	Thursday, April 22, 2010, 3:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
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Category:	BSSR - Behavioral and Social Sciences
Runtime:	01:04:02
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Description:	Social media is transforming humanitarian operations, providing new information inputs from many directions. One of the most intriguing new development is the innovation of the "crisis map." Beginning with the ubiquitous "Ushahidi platform," crisis maps are popping up everywhere, mapping H1N1 outbreaks, ethnic violence, election fraud, and a host of other social (and health) problems. This lecture will describe the crisis map phenomenon and the new social behaviors that it has promoted. It will look at the future of crisis maps and how the study of "socio-technical behavior"--new patterns of behavior that emerge from people's reliance on social media and new mobile technologies--can help crisis planners to leverage desirable behavior (and be aware of the potential for new problems such technology can bring). A short overview of the Office of Naval Research's effort in crisis mapping will also be presented.

NLM Title:	Crisis maps and social behavior : how information from people will change crisis planning / Rebecca Goolsby.
Author:	Goolsby, Rebecca. National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
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Abstract:	(CIT): Social media is transforming humanitarian operations, providing new information inputs from many directions. One of the most intriguing new development is the innovation of the "crisis map." Beginning with the ubiquitous "Ushahidi platform," crisis maps are popping up everywhere, mapping H1N1 outbreaks, ethnic violence, election fraud, and a host of other social (and health) problems. This lecture will describe the crisis map phenomenon and the new social behaviors that it has promoted. It will look at the future of crisis maps and how the study of "socio-technical behavior"--new patterns of behavior that emerge from people's reliance on social media and new mobile technologies--can help crisis planners to leverage desirable behavior (and be aware of the potential for new problems such technology can bring). A short overview of the Office of Naval Research's effort in crisis mapping will also be presented.
Subjects:	Disasters Internet Interpersonal Relations Maps as Topic Social Behavior
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast
NLM Classification:	WA 295
NLM ID:	101531584
CIT Live ID:	8696
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=8696

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