Difference between revisions of "VOST: Crowdsourcing and Digital Volunteering in Emergency Response"
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|Target Audience=Civil Society, Policy Makers, Practitioners | |Target Audience=Civil Society, Policy Makers, Practitioners | ||
|Status=Published | |Status=Published | ||
− | | | + | |Covers Thematic=Technologies, Unaffiliated volunteers, VOST |
− | | | + | |Audience Experience Level=Starter |
|Source Website=https://eena.org/wp-content/uploads/VOST-Crowdsourcing-digital-volunteering.pdf | |Source Website=https://eena.org/wp-content/uploads/VOST-Crowdsourcing-digital-volunteering.pdf | ||
+ | |Synopsis=*During emergencies and disasters, the challenge is to cope with either the lack of information or an information overload. | ||
+ | *The social media world with its crowdsourcing approach has options to offer to overcome this issue, through the '''digital volunteers.''' | ||
+ | *'''VOST''' and other groups can provide support | ||
+ | ** in hoax and abusive behaviour detection | ||
+ | ** in monitoring multiple channels | ||
+ | ** in amplification of information, and | ||
+ | ** can perform specific missions and tasks requested by an agency or emergency response organisation (EROs), | ||
+ | ***including sometimes even taking over SM accounts in crisis situations. | ||
+ | * Building on the relationships and the agreements established with digital volunteers before the emergency can greatly benefit all parties during a crisis. | ||
|Is Archived=No | |Is Archived=No | ||
+ | |Technologies=Scatterblogs, Tweetdeck | ||
+ | |Disaster Management Phase=During, After | ||
+ | |Data Sources=Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:04, 14 August 2023
Created: 25 August 2022
Last edited: 14 August 2023
Last edited: 14 August 2023
Quick Facts
Publishing Organisation:
EENA a.s.b.l.Year:
2017Languages:
EnglishStatus:
PublishedCovers Thematic
Target audience
Audience experience level
Disaster Management Phase
Synopsis
- During emergencies and disasters, the challenge is to cope with either the lack of information or an information overload.
- The social media world with its crowdsourcing approach has options to offer to overcome this issue, through the digital volunteers.
- VOST and other groups can provide support
- in hoax and abusive behaviour detection
- in monitoring multiple channels
- in amplification of information, and
- can perform specific missions and tasks requested by an agency or emergency response organisation (EROs),
- including sometimes even taking over SM accounts in crisis situations.
- Building on the relationships and the agreements established with digital volunteers before the emergency can greatly benefit all parties during a crisis.
Linked to
- Technologies
- Use Cases
- None. See all Use Cases.