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'''SOCIAL MEDIA CHALLENGES'''
'''SOCIAL MEDIA CHALLENGES'''


Although emergency responders benefit from social media in many ways, they can also face a number of challenges in implementing a social media strategy. Some of those challenges are listed below and should be considered when establishing a social media presence.
Although emergency responders benefit from social media in many ways, they can also face a number of challenges in implementing a social media strategy. Some of those challenges are listed below and should be considered when establishing a social media presence.
* Privacy and legal issues:  
* Privacy and legal issues:  
**Agencies need to be concerned about displaying personally identifiable information, questionable images, and language on their social media accounts;
**Agencies need to be concerned about displaying personally identifiable information, questionable images, and language on their social media accounts;

Revision as of 12:24, 19 September 2022

Quick Facts

Publishing Organisation:
Homeland Security
Year:
2014
Languages:
English
Covers Thematic
  • Social Media Strategy A social media strategy is a document outlining your social media goals, the tactics you will use to achieve them and the metrics you will track to measure your progress</br></br>Source:https://blog.hootsuite.com/how-to-create-a-social-media-marketing-plan
  • Technologies Software for interaction with, within or among communities in case of a disaster and for analysis of these interactions
  • Target audience
  • Practitioners Practitioners is a target group in LINKS which comprises local, national and European disaster management organizations, civil protection agencies, first responders, NGOs, security networks...
  • Audience experience level
  • Starter Those who are not currently using social media, or the current use is based on providing general information and advice to citizens</br></br>Source: https://www.fp7-emergent.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170529_D7.3_Guidelines_to_increase_the_benefit_of_social_media_EmerGent.pdf
  • Disaster Management Phase
  • Before Comprises 'Preparedness Phase' and 'Prevention Phase'</br></br>Preparedness action is carried out within the context of disaster risk management and aims to build the capacities needed to efficiently manage all types of emergencies and achieve orderly transitions from response to sustained recovery.</br></br>Source: https://www.undrr.org/terminology/preparedness</br></br>Prevention (i.e., disaster prevention) expresses the concept and intention to completely avoid potential adverse impacts of hazardous events.</br></br>Source: https://www.undrr.org/terminology/prevention
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    This application note provides a broad overview of social media terms, tools, and networks that may be helpful to agencies considering implementing a social media presence.