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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

According to the American Red Cross , A recent Red Cross survey asked 1,058 adults about their use of social media sites in emergency situations. The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Citizen-Powered Response.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday Guest Post: "State of.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: "Really, How Many.

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ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Disclaimer Friday, March 18, 2011 Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunteer?"

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Theatre Flashmobs on YouTube and Swarms of Theater Goers on FourSquare

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

  As part of the preparation, we surveyed participants for their burning questions and that's how I created the content. created to mark their 2009-2010 Season of Belief.  So, I've been looking at a lot of different examples of how theatres are using social media.  A 3 day walk).

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Grave Work

Non Profit Quarterly

4 Unlike the nuts and bolts made by a worker for Ford, the coffee served for Starbucks or the survey handled by a call centre worker, the products of microtasks are often hidden away from workers for reasons of secrecy. The LAPD has used the software around 30,000 times since 2009, often to defend richer enclaves from ‘gang crime’.

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

Non Profit Quarterly

Globally, the number of platform companies rose five times between 2010 and 2021; 2 and, as of 2022, about 20 percent of all market commerce in the United States is now conducted online. an hour, and a national survey of Instacart workers found average wages (before expenses) of just $9.50 George Akerlof and Robert J.

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