EmerGent - Guidelines to increase the benefit of social media in emergencies

  EmerGent FP7 Project
  English
  2017
  No
  Published
  After, Before, During
  Legal, Social Media, VOST
  No
  http://www.fp7-emergent.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170529 D7.3 Guidelines to increase the benefit of social media EmerGent.pdf
  
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Created: 3 December 2021
Last edited: 14 August 2023

EmerGent - Guidelines to increase the benefit of social media in emergencies

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Quick Facts

Publishing Organisation:

EmerGent FP7 Project

Year:

2017

Languages:

English

Status:

Published

Covers Thematic

Legal

Social Media

VOST Virtual Operations Support Team</br></br>Experts in dealing with social media, the acquisition, processing and presentation of digital information. They can search through and check images, videos and text contributions on various platforms for relevant facts and prepare the information for the responsible authorities, e.g. separate important from unimportant or incorrect information.

Target audience

No

Audience experience level

No

Disaster Management Phase

After Also referred to as 'Recovery Phase'</br></br>The restoring or improving of livelihoods and health, as well as economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets, systems and activities, of a disaster-affected community or society, aligning with the principles of sustainable development and “build back better”, to avoid or reduce future disaster risk.</br></br>Source: https://www.undrr.org/terminology/recovery

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

During Also referred to as "Response Phase"</br></br>Actions taken directly before, during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.</br></br>Annotation: Disaster response is predominantly focused on immediate and short-term needs and is sometimes called disaster relief. Effective, efficient and timely response relies on disaster risk-informed preparedness measures, including the development of the response capacities of individuals, communities, organizations, countries and the international community.</br></br>Source: https://www.undrr.org/terminology/response

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A set of guidelines for emergency services & public authorities how to communicate in social media and help to decrease the uncertainty with this new, changing and maybe unfamiliar medium.