Research uses social media to learn what people really need in time of crisis

Tuesday, June 20, 2017 - 06:51 in Psychology & Sociology

Painstaking analysis of nearly 70,000 tweets sent out by evacuees escaping the Fort McMurray wildfire shows key concerns in a crisis aren't being answered by current smartphone emergency apps, leaving citizens in the dark at a time of mass panic.

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