Title :
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
fDate :
May 31 2015-June 4 2015
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;
Conference_Titel :
Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC2015), 2015 IEEE Canada International
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8961-4
DOI :
10.1109/IHTC.2015.7238051
