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Accessible Emergency Alerting for People with Disabilities: The Role of Online Social Networks

Accessible Emergency Alerting for People with Disabilities: The Role of Online Social Networks. John C. Bricout, Ph.D. & Paul M.A. Baker, Ph.D. CSUN Conference, San Diego, CA - March 25 th , 2010. Network Alerting. Thesis

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Accessible Emergency Alerting for People with Disabilities: The Role of Online Social Networks

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  1. Accessible Emergency Alerting forPeople with Disabilities: The Role of Online Social Networks John C. Bricout, Ph.D. & Paul M.A. Baker, Ph.D. CSUN Conference, San Diego, CA - March 25th, 2010

  2. Network Alerting Thesis Online social networks can provide a versatile platform for emergency alerting involving people with disabilities Rationale • Increased ‘bandwidth’ (information & knowledge) • Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ubiquity (Shankar, 2008) • Mobile • Online/offline social networking & communities • Telehealth networks • Community-based Approach • Online-Offline Linkages • Community ‘translation’ • Community retrieval (Ashton & Thorns, 2007)

  3. Key Questions • can we integrate ICT into a seaHowmless alerting and networking system? • How can we ensure the design of a scale-free system that is robust in the face of disaster? • How can we prioritize elements of the system in power outage conditions?

  4. Existing Platforms • Community Response Grids (CRG) • Internet & mobile (Jeager, et al., 2007 a; 2007b) • Community Technology Centers (CTC) • Community preparedness (Shankar, 2008) • Cellular alerting systems as scale free-networks (Freund, 2006) • Centers for Independent Living (CILs) • Statewide Independent Living Councils & disaster response (Rowland, et al., 2007)

  5. Challenges System complexity (non-linear) Collaboration inter-agency/system Ad hoc nature of network growth ICT vulnerability ICT underused in recent disasters ICT usability ICT/Assistive Technology (AT) interoperability

  6. Future Research • Develop prototypes and simulations • Identify test beds • Conduct real-time assessments • Use community informatics for post-crisis assessment • Social network analysis • Geographic information systems (GIS)

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