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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. Indirect Content.

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