Digital Humanitarians

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Digital Humanitarians

How Big Data Is Changing the Face of Humanitarian Response

Media studies: internet, digital media and society Aid and relief programmes Artificial intelligence

Author: Patrick Meier

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Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 6th January 2015

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9781040083802


Understanding Big Data in Disasters

The overflow of information generated during disasters can be as paralyzing to humanitarian response as the lack of information. This flash flood of information—social media, satellite imagery, and more—is often referred to as Big Data. Making sense of this data deluge during disasters is proving an impossible challenge for traditional humanitarian efforts.

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