@inproceedings{7fbe71048d3149969135ea51d44938ef,
title = "Collective intelligence in disaster: Examination of the phenomenon in the aftermath of the 2007 Virginia Tech Shooting",
abstract = "We report on the results of an investigation about the {"}informal, {"} public-side communications that occurred in the aftermath of the April 16, 2007 Virginia Tech (VT) Shooting. Our on-going research reveals several examples of on-line social interaction organized around the goal of collective problem-solving. In this paper, we focus on specific instances of this distributed problem-solving activity, and explain, using an ethnomethodological lens, how a loosely connected group of people can work together on a grave topic to provide accurate results.",
keywords = "Collective intelligence, Crisis informatics, Disaster studies, Distributed cognition, Distributed problem-solving, Facebook, Virginia Tech",
author = "Sarah Vieweg and Leysia Palen and Liu, \{Sophia B.\} and Hughes, \{Amanda L.\} and Jeannette Sutton",
year = "2008",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780615206974",
series = "Proceedings of ISCRAM 2008 - 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management",
publisher = "Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM",
pages = "44--54",
booktitle = "Proceedings of ISCRAM 2008 - 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management",
note = "5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2008 ; Conference date: 04-05-2008 Through 07-05-2008",
}