Improving Credibility of tweets for effective crisis management Using Twitter analysis of Che nnai Flood – A Case study

Authors

  • Ms. Arathi .E Dept. of Computer Science, SRM University, Kanchipuram, India
  • Dr. D. Pugazhenthi PG & Research Department of Computer Science, Quaid-e-Millath College for Women, Chennai, India
  • Mr.Abinandan Arulprakash PG & Research Department of Computer Science, Quaid-e-Millath College for Women, Chennai, India
  • Arihant Devapal PG & Research Department of Computer Science, Quaid-e-Millath College for Women, Chennai, India

Keywords:

Respondent, Retweet, Crisis, Tweets

Abstract

Nowadays social media plays an important role in information propagation among the
people. In the crisis, twitter is the commonly used social media that brings millions of users together. Social
media service plays a significant role in raising awareness, social mention of relentless social workers and
coordinating relief work in the time of crisis. This article explores the role of retweet in emergency situations.
We analyze how the information had propagated, and the actions were taken based on the source. The feature
retweet was considered as a measure of analysis to enhance the reliability of the spread information. Twitter
analysis of the flood in Chennai due to heavy torrential rain for two days in December 2015 is taken as the
study.

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Published

2017-04-25

How to Cite

Ms. Arathi .E, Dr. D. Pugazhenthi, Mr.Abinandan Arulprakash, & Arihant Devapal. (2017). Improving Credibility of tweets for effective crisis management Using Twitter analysis of Che nnai Flood – A Case study. International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), 4(4), 1133–1139. Retrieved from https://ijaerd.com/index.php/IJAERD/article/view/2849

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 4 (2017): Volume 4 Issue 4 April 2017

Section

Articles