Exploring the citizen-driven response to crisis in cyberspace, risk and the need for resilience

Author

Phillips, Jennie

Author_Institution

Citizen Lab., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

fYear

2015

fDate

May 31 2015-June 4 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper aims to contextualize the citizen-driven response to crisis in cyberspace, the risks they experience and the relationship with resilience. First, discussion will identify the four types of digital response networks (affected communities, diaspora, digital humanitarians and digital activists) and introduce Digital Humanitarian Activist Networks (DHANs). Second, Bronfennbrenners ecological systems theory is used to contextualize risk through three risk typologies: regional, network, and individual risk. Third, the suitability of organizational resilience is explained for this context, and the need to rethink existing theory is discussed.

Keywords

Big Data; social networking (online); Bronfennbrenners ecological systems theory; DHANs; affected communities; big data; citizen-driven response; cyberspace; diaspora; digital activists; digital humanitarian activist networks; digital humanitarians; digital response networks; individual risk risk typology; network risk typology; organizational resilience; regional risk typology; social media; Context; Electronic mail; Internet; Media; Organizations; Resilience; Standards organizations; digital activism; digital humanitarianism; emergency management; humanitarian technology; resilience; risk;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC2015), 2015 IEEE Canada International

Conference_Location

Ottawa, ON

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-8961-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IHTC.2015.7238051

Filename

7238051