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digital humanitarianism: a standalone construct

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digitalhumanitarianism1 CONSTRUCTDigital humanitarianismBURNS · DISASTER STUDIES

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Disaster studies

the use of crowdsourcing, social media and big data by networked volunteers and agencies in humanitarian response, examined for whose knowledge and power it favors.

In disaster studies, digital humanitarianism refers to the use of crowdsourcing, social media and big data by networked volunteers and agencies in humanitarian response, examined for whose knowledge and power it favors. This meaning comes from Burns (2014) in GeoJournal.[1]

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References

  1. Burns, R. (2014). Rethinking big data in digital humanitarianism: practices, epistemologies, and social relations. GeoJournal, 80(4), 477-490. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-014-9599-x

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