Canadian Policing Research Catalogue

Disaster management and social media : a case study.

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Description

1 online resource (11 pages)

Summary

This case study documents Queensland Police Service's significant and what has been described as world leading efforts in using social media for public engagement and emergency disaster responsiveness.

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Online Access

Contents

Background. -- Disaster declared. -- Sudden escalation. -- What were Police Media doing during the disaster? -- Basic services provided by Police Media during this time were: -- Why did it work? -- Praise from Government. -- The benefits of social media in a disaster. -- Praise from Facebook. -- Lessons learnt.

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