The use of social media for information exchange in flood disaster

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Main Author: Nalweyiso Shifulah
Other Authors: Nor Hidayah Zakaria, supervisor
Format: Master's thesis
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2025
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Online Access:https://utmik.utm.my/handle/123456789/50862
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spelling utm-123456789-508622025-08-20T16:05:19Z The use of social media for information exchange in flood disaster Nalweyiso Shifulah Nor Hidayah Zakaria, supervisor Computing Also available in printed version Social media is gaining its popularity as one of the most used information technology medium. Recently, previous works from the other researchers have acknowledged the important of social media as one of the most widely used IT tools to exchange information during the event of disaster. Flood is a common natural disaster in the world. Like other disasters, floods can cause fatalities from drowning and damages to properties such as houses, buildings, plantations, livestock and others. Although social media is gaining popularity, it is unknown how this application fit the task of Information exchange in flood disaster. Hence, this study is carried out to know the information needed in event of flood from awareness of flood victims which can be relating to current usage of social media as a tool in exchange of information during flood. Besides reading the previous researchers work, data for this research is collected using questionnaire. The result of this research shows a positive impact from the usage of social media as a tool in exchange of information during flood. The current social media usage with information of during the event of flood disaster is shown by a diagram of information exchange summarization in flood event and discussion zulaihi UTM 136 p. Thesis (Sarjana Teknologi Maklumat Pengurusan (Teknologi Maklumat)) - Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 2018 2025-03-14T03:38:19Z 2025-03-14T03:38:19Z 2018 Master's thesis https://utmik.utm.my/handle/123456789/50862 vital:110922 valet-20180530-114137 ENG Closed Access UTM Complete Unpublished Completion application/pdf Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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The use of social media for information exchange in flood disaster
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