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November 2011

Crisis Mapping: A Phenomenon and Tool in Emergencies

Portraits of Myriam Dunn Cavelty and Jennifer Giroux

Myriam Dunn Cavelty, Jennifer Giroux

The emergence of crisis mapping is an example of how an increasing number of citizens now participate in crisis communication. To understand this trend, a more differentiated view of crisis mapping as a phenomenon and as a tool is needed to understand its benefits and limitations as well as its larger political and social effects in various settings.

© 2011 Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich

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Myriam Dunn Cavelty, Jennifer Giroux

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Daiel Trachsler

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103

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