The role of social media in promoting resilience in postdisaster recovery context: The Syrian Crisis

Asma Jdaitawi; Victoria Uren; Oscar Rodriguez-Espindola

The role of social media in promoting resilience in postdisaster recovery context: The Syrian Crisis

Asma Jdaitawi^*
, Victoria Uren
, Oscar Rodriguez-Espindola

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Hosting refugees and sharing limited resources with them is now a challenge for different countries globally, particularly since external aid is frequently insufficient. Building and increasing social resilience of refugees and hosting nationals has become a priority for governments and international organisations worldwide. Social media plays a significant role in framing the refugee crisis and handling it. This paper will examine the role of social media in enhancing the social resilience of refugees and hosting communities in conflict affected zones. This research builds on social capital theory by exploring its applicability to the usage of social media platforms in a refugee crisis context.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2018
Editors	Breno Nunes, Ali Emrouznejad, David Bennett, Leon Pretorius
Publisher	Aston University
ISBN (Electronic)	9781854494535
Publication status	Published - 25 Apr 2018
Event	27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology: Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation, IAMOT 2018 - Birmingham, United Kingdom Duration: 22 Apr 2018 → 26 Apr 2018

Publication series

Name	Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2018

Conference

Conference	27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology: Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation, IAMOT 2018
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Birmingham
Period	22/04/18 → 26/04/18

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Recovery
Social capital
Social media
Social resilience

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Jdaitawi, A., Uren, V., & Rodriguez-Espindola, O. (2018). The role of social media in promoting resilience in postdisaster recovery context: The Syrian Crisis. In B. Nunes, A. Emrouznejad, D. Bennett, & L. Pretorius (Eds.), Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2018 (Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2018). Aston University.

Jdaitawi, Asma ; Uren, Victoria ; Rodriguez-Espindola, Oscar. / The role of social media in promoting resilience in postdisaster recovery context : The Syrian Crisis. Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2018. editor / Breno Nunes ; Ali Emrouznejad ; David Bennett ; Leon Pretorius. Aston University, 2018. (Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2018).

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Jdaitawi, A, Uren, V & Rodriguez-Espindola, O 2018, The role of social media in promoting resilience in postdisaster recovery context: The Syrian Crisis. in B Nunes, A Emrouznejad, D Bennett & L Pretorius (eds), Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2018. Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2018, Aston University, 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology: Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation, IAMOT 2018, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 22/04/18.

The role of social media in promoting resilience in postdisaster recovery context: The Syrian Crisis. / Jdaitawi, Asma; Uren, Victoria ; Rodriguez-Espindola, Oscar.
Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2018. ed. / Breno Nunes; Ali Emrouznejad; David Bennett; Leon Pretorius. Aston University, 2018. (Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2018).

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Jdaitawi A, Uren V , Rodriguez-Espindola O. The role of social media in promoting resilience in postdisaster recovery context: The Syrian Crisis. In Nunes B, Emrouznejad A, Bennett D, Pretorius L, editors, Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2018. Aston University. 2018. (Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2018).

The role of social media in promoting resilience in postdisaster recovery context: The Syrian Crisis

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