What We Have Learned about the Characteristics and Differences of Disaster Information Behavior in Social Media—A Case Study of the 7.20 Henan Heavy Rain Flood Disaster
Abstract:As a significant human behavior, disaster information behavior may operate as a catalyst for affecting the evolution of disaster occurrences in social-ecological systems and the sustainability of social systems. Yet little research has been carried out on this subject, particularly on the information behavior of major natural disasters. Based on the case of the 7.20 Henan heavy rain flood disaster, this study constructs an information behavior composite index from the four dimensions of temporal, spatial, cont… Show more
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