{"id":681,"date":"2011-03-28T12:29:55","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T02:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mappingonlinepublics.net\/dev\/2011\/03\/28\/event-social-media-in-times-of-crisis\/"},"modified":"2012-04-16T13:37:12","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T03:37:12","slug":"event-social-media-in-times-of-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mappingonlinepublics.net\/dev\/2011\/03\/28\/event-social-media-in-times-of-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Event: Social Media in Times of Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A quick heads-up for our Australian-based readers: our work on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mappingonlinepublics.net\/dev\/2011\/01\/17\/the-queensland-floods-on-twitter-a-brief-first-look\/\">researching<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mappingonlinepublics.net\/dev\/2011\/01\/22\/media-use-in-the-qldfloods\/\">social media use<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mappingonlinepublics.net\/dev\/2011\/03\/06\/image-sharing-in-the-qldfloods\/\">during the<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mappingonlinepublics.net\/dev\/2011\/02\/10\/twitter-events-in-perspective\/\">Queensland floods<\/a> will be featured at a symposium in Brisbane on 4 April 2011, organised by the <a href=\"http:\/\/eidos.org.au\/\">Eidos Institute<\/a>. In addition to Jean, myself, and other colleagues from QUT and USQ, key presenters from emergency authorities and the mainstream media will include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kym Charlton, Executive Director for Media and Public Affairs at the Queensland Police Service<\/li>\n<li>Eileen Culleton, Emergency 2.0 Wiki Project Leader at Gov2qld<\/li>\n<li>Monique Potts, Senior Director of Strategic Development at ABC Innovation<\/li>\n<li>Dennis Atkins, National Affairs Editor at the <em>Courier-Mail<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Should be a great event, and we&#8217;d very much encourage you to join us. A full blurb for the event is below &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/eidos.org.au\/v2\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=359&amp;Itemid=323\">to register, please go to the Eidos Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Social Media in Times of Crisis:<br \/>\nSocial Media during the Queensland Floods<\/h3>\n<p>The unprecedented use and role of social media during the recent devastating floods occurring in South-East Queensland has emerged as a singularly unifying issue in both the lead-up and clean up to a natural disaster which destroyed lives, houses and property.<\/p>\n<p>Although online and mobile media is now well established as a significant tool for public communication among citizens and civic authorities, its astounding role during the floods as both a source of primary source of official communication and amplification of interpersonal and word-of-mouth communication has attracted significant attention and analysis in the worlds of both academia and policy.<\/p>\n<p>Instant communication using social media such as <em>Twitter<\/em> and <em>Facebook<\/em> helps citizens to maintain a constant dialogue with governments; this dialogue can be especially valuable during times of crisis, but requires a careful recalibration of communication strategies on both sides in order to maximise efficiency and avoid the spreading of misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the Eidos Institutes National Symposium Series seeking to create a series of discussions linking the arms of policy, politics and research this symposium will explore the use of social media as a means of communication between governments and citizens in times of crisis. It will present a first analysis of online public communication during the floods, as well as observations from key decision-makers at various levels of government.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quick heads-up for our Australian-based readers: our work on researching social media use during the Queensland floods will be featured at a symposium in Brisbane on 4 April 2011, organised by the Eidos Institute. 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