Reference Hub21
Peripheral Response: Microblogging During the 22/7/2011 Norway Attacks

Peripheral Response: Microblogging During the 22/7/2011 Norway Attacks

Sung-Yueh Perng, Monika Büscher, Lisa Wood, Ragnhild Halvorsrud, Michael Stiso, Leonardo Ramirez, Amro Al-Akkad
Copyright: © 2013 |Volume: 5 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 17
ISSN: 1937-9390|EISSN: 1937-9420|EISBN13: 9781466631120|DOI: 10.4018/jiscrm.2013010103
Cite Article Cite Article

MLA

Perng, Sung-Yueh, et al. "Peripheral Response: Microblogging During the 22/7/2011 Norway Attacks." IJISCRAM vol.5, no.1 2013: pp.41-57. http://doi.org/10.4018/jiscrm.2013010103

APA

Perng, S., Büscher, M., Wood, L., Halvorsrud, R., Stiso, M., Ramirez, L., & Al-Akkad, A. (2013). Peripheral Response: Microblogging During the 22/7/2011 Norway Attacks. International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (IJISCRAM), 5(1), 41-57. http://doi.org/10.4018/jiscrm.2013010103

Chicago

Perng, Sung-Yueh, et al. "Peripheral Response: Microblogging During the 22/7/2011 Norway Attacks," International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (IJISCRAM) 5, no.1: 41-57. http://doi.org/10.4018/jiscrm.2013010103

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite Full-Issue Download

Abstract

This paper presents a case study of microblogging during the Norway attacks on 22 July, 2011, during which a single person first detonated a bomb in Oslo, killing eight people, and then shot 69 young people on the island of Utøya. It proposes a novel way of conceptualizing the public contribution to mobilization of resources through microblogging, particularly tweeting, as a form of ‘peripheral response’. By examining the distributed efforts of responding to the crisis in relation to emergent forms of agile and dialogic emergency response, the paper also revisits the concept of situation awareness and reflects upon the dynamic and constantly changing environment that social media and crises inhabit together.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.