Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6697
Title: "5 Days in August" – How London Local Authorities used Twitter during the 2011 riots
Authors: Panagiotopoulos, P
Bigdeli, AZ
Sams, S
Keywords: Twitter;Microblogging;Social media;London riots;UK local government;Emergency communication;Disaster management
Issue Date: 2012
Publisher: Springer
Citation: 11th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference EGOV 2012, Kristiansand, Norway, 7443: 102 - 113, 3-6 Sep 2012
Abstract: This study examines effects of microblogging communications during emergency events based on the case of the summer 2011 riots in London. During five days in August 2011, parts of London and other major cities in England suffered from extensive public disorders, violence and even loss of human lives. We collected and analysed the tweets posted by the official accounts maintained by 28 London local government authorities. Those authorities used Twitter for a variety of purposes such as preventing rumours, providing official information, promoting legal actions against offenders and organising post-riot community engagement activities. The study shows how the immediacy and communicative power of microblogging can have a significant effect at the response and recovery stages of emergency events.
Description: © IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2012
URI: http://www.springerlink.com/content/m78w371754225557/
http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6697
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33489-4_9
ISBN: 978-3-642-33488-7
Appears in Collections:Publications

Files in This Item:
File Description SizeFormat 
Notice.pdf23.1 kBAdobe PDFView/Open


Items in BURA are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.