Retweeting the Fukushima nuclear radiation disaster

  • Authors:
  • Jessica Li;Arun Vishwanath;H. Raghav Rao

  • Affiliations:
  • Citigroup, Institutional Client Group, in New York;State University of New York at Buffalo;State University of New York at Buffalo

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 2014

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Abstract

The Japanese government tweeted to calm public fear, as the public generally listened to tweets expressing alarm.