Documenting Aftermath: Information Infrastructures in the Wake of Disasters

by Megan Finn

Book Overview

An examination of how changing public information infrastructures shaped people's experience of earthquakes in Northern California in 1868, 1906, and 1989.

When an earthquake happens in California today, residents may look to the United States Geological Survey for online maps that show the quake's epicenter, turn to Twitter for government bulletins and the latest news, check Facebook for updates from friends and family, and count on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262552752
• ISBN13: 9780262552752
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"