{"id":3219,"date":"2017-01-18T11:34:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T06:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opendesignsin.com\/blog\/?p=3219"},"modified":"2021-02-04T17:40:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T12:10:33","slug":"redefining-communication-role-of-social-media-in-disaster-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opendesignsin.com\/blog\/redefining-communication-role-of-social-media-in-disaster-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Redefining Communication- Role of Social Media in Disaster Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social media are forms of information and communication technology disseminated through social interaction. Social media rely on peer-to- peer networks that are collaborative, decentralized, and community driven.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, social media has emerged as a popular medium for providing new sources of information and rapid communications, particularly during natural disasters.<\/p>\n<p>With the disasters around the world becoming a frequent phenomenon, the world is witnessing the increasing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendesignsin.com\/blog\/social-media-interaction-ideas-engagement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">role of social medial<\/a> during times of disaster management. It has become a vital tool aiding government and other rescue agencies to jump into action to much exact locations, disseminating information to wider audience, know ground reality and so on.<\/p>\n<p>The Social role of social media in disaster times:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendesignsin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/tweets-in-emergency.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3227\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opendesignsin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/tweets-in-emergency.jpg\" alt=\"tweets-in-emergency\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.opendesignsin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/tweets-in-emergency.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.opendesignsin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/tweets-in-emergency-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.opendesignsin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/tweets-in-emergency-672x384.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rescue:<\/strong> During Uttarakhand disaster, WhatsApp is used by stranded people to locate a spot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rehabilitation:<\/strong> During Chennai floods 2015, social media played a major role in disseminating information like boat vehicle availability (Ola boat)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relief:<\/strong> Mapping in Facebook about lack of medicines, food and this helps in NGO and public spirited individual to supply relief materials<\/p>\n<p><strong>The benefits accrued by social media can be enumerated as:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Helps in fast broadcasting the information\/ ground realities to wider audience without waiting for news or government agencies<\/li>\n<li>Enable 2-way interaction between various victims and rescuing team or<\/li>\n<li>The tracking of affected people become easy and quick due to tracking facility available to social media tools<\/li>\n<li>Helps raising relief material and money by easy collaboration with<\/li>\n<li>Make relief operations more effective and timely<\/li>\n<li>Helps in alerting authorities during onset of calamity thus aiding in taking preventive measures<\/li>\n<li>Data collection and updating alerts and notifications become easy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Disaster management is the one, which plans to reduce the vulnerability and impact of disaster. Social media is a tool which can reach millions with in a second, helps both before and after disaster occurs.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, Social media enables to quick response and rescue measures and helps in adapting to vulnerable situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media are forms of information and communication technology disseminated through social interaction. 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