Public Response to Alerts and Warnings Using Social Media Report of a Workshop on Current Knowledge and Research Gaps

This report summarizes presentations made at a 2012 workshop organized by the Committee on Public Response to Alerts and Warnings Using Social Media. Chapters cover the fundamentals of alerts, warnings, and social media, how social media has been used in emergencies by local agencies, the dynamics of social media, message credibility, privacy and legal issues, and research gaps and other challenges.