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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...
Autores principales: | Simon, Tomer, Goldberg, Avishay, Aharonson-Daniel, Limor, Leykin, Dmitry, Adini, Bruria |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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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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