This study explores the role of social media in social change by analyzing Twitter data
collected during the 2011 Egypt Revolution. Particular attention is paid to the notion of …

In recent years, the development of information communication technologies (ICT) such as
social media changed the way people communicate and engage in social movements …

Uncertainty in crises often leads to knowledge gaps, which can be bridged through people's
communication, resulting in sensemaking. Because research dealing with the identification …

Social media is becoming increasingly important during crisis situations. Affected people are
now enabled to provide helpful on-site information, and emergency service organisations …

In recent years, the development of information communication technologies, such as social
media, has changed the way people communicate and engage in social movements. While …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate communication on Twitter during two
unpredicted crises (the Manchester bombings and the Munich shooting) and one natural …

What is the role of IS in scholarship on Emergency Management (EM)? To respond to this
question, this literature review moves through two steps. First, we present an overview of …

While convergence behaviour archetypes can explain behaviour of individuals who actively
converge on and participate in crises, less is known about individuals who converge on an …

This research in progress studies the role of social media as a resource for contemporary
social movements in their endeavors to bring about social change. Current studies on this …

Could a Tweet save a life? The attention that public agencies and IS research have been
dedicating to social media analysis in the last ten years seem to assume it could. Not only IS …