Open AccessSocial Media: New Trends in Emergency Information
Author(s) -
Changchun Feng,
Kabilijiang Umaier,
Takaaki Kato,
Qiushan Li
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of disaster research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1883-8030
pISSN - 1881-2473
DOI - 10.20965/jdr.2021.p0048
Subject(s) - social media , government (linguistics) , information dissemination , context (archaeology) , closure (psychology) , business , public health , public relations , medical emergency , environmental health , political science , medicine , geography , computer science , nursing , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , world wide web , law
At the end of 2019, during the outbreak of COVID-19, the Chinese government and media used social media extensively to release emergency information. Once this information was released, it immediately attracted significant public attention. This study used a questionnaire survey to determine social media users’ habits during the COVID-19 outbreak. The results indicated that in the case of community closure during sudden public health events, the majority of respondents use social media to obtain information to understand the development trends of an epidemic, the government’s emergency strategy, scientific epidemic prevention knowledge, and accurate information. Based on the survey results, this study considers the value of social media for emergency information, which is both a tool and a new trend in information dissemination in the context of emergencies.