Twitter in the Cross Fire—The Use of Social Media in the Westgate Mall Terror Attack in Kenya

On September 2013 an attack on the Westgate mall in Kenya led to a four day siege, resulting in 67 fatalities and 175 wounded. During the crisis, Twitter became a crucial channel of communication between the government, emergency responders and the public, facilitating the emergency management of th...

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Autores principales: Simon, Tomer, Goldberg, Avishay, Aharonson-Daniel, Limor, Leykin, Dmitry, Adini, Bruria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4143241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25153889
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104136

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4143241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25153889
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104136

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