"We're losing our neighborhoods. We're losing our community": A comparative analysis of community discourse in online and offline public spheres
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| author | Randazzo, Casey Kim, Minkyung Kwestel, Melanie Doerfel, Marya L Ammari, Tawfiq |
| author_facet | Randazzo, Casey Kim, Minkyung Kwestel, Melanie Doerfel, Marya L Ammari, Tawfiq |
| contents | Recovering from crises, such as hurricanes or wildfires, is a complex process that can take weeks, months, or even decades to overcome. Crises have both acute (immediate) and chronic (long-term) effects on communities. Crisis informatics research often focuses on the immediate response phase of disasters, thereby overlooking the long-term recovery phase, which is critical for understanding the information needs of users undergoing challenges like climate gentrification and housing inequity. We fill this gap by investigating community discourse over eight months following Hurricane Ida in an online neighborhood Facebook group and Town Hall Meetings of a borough in the New York Metropolitan region. Using a mixed methods approach, we examined the use of social media to manage long-term disaster recovery. The findings revealed a significant overlap in topics, underscoring the interconnected nature of online and offline community discourse, and illuminated themes related to the long-term consequences of disasters. We conclude with recommendations aimed at helping designers and government leaders enhance participation across community forums and support recovery in the aftermath of disasters. |
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| spellingShingle | "We're losing our neighborhoods. We're losing our community": A comparative analysis of community discourse in online and offline public spheres Randazzo, Casey Kim, Minkyung Kwestel, Melanie Doerfel, Marya L Ammari, Tawfiq Social and Information Networks Human-Computer Interaction Recovering from crises, such as hurricanes or wildfires, is a complex process that can take weeks, months, or even decades to overcome. Crises have both acute (immediate) and chronic (long-term) effects on communities. Crisis informatics research often focuses on the immediate response phase of disasters, thereby overlooking the long-term recovery phase, which is critical for understanding the information needs of users undergoing challenges like climate gentrification and housing inequity. We fill this gap by investigating community discourse over eight months following Hurricane Ida in an online neighborhood Facebook group and Town Hall Meetings of a borough in the New York Metropolitan region. Using a mixed methods approach, we examined the use of social media to manage long-term disaster recovery. The findings revealed a significant overlap in topics, underscoring the interconnected nature of online and offline community discourse, and illuminated themes related to the long-term consequences of disasters. We conclude with recommendations aimed at helping designers and government leaders enhance participation across community forums and support recovery in the aftermath of disasters. |
| title | "We're losing our neighborhoods. We're losing our community": A comparative analysis of community discourse in online and offline public spheres |
| topic | Social and Information Networks Human-Computer Interaction |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.07892 |