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    Science-Brokers or Sense-Givers: How Experts Participate in Public Crisis Communication on Social Media

    Source: Natural Hazards Review:;2025:;Volume ( 026 ):;issue: 002::page 04025008-1
    Author:
    Xue Lin
    ,
    Hengqin Wu
    DOI: 10.1061/NHREFO.NHENG-2211
    Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
    Abstract: Although the participations of experts on social media are recognized as important in public crisis communication, research attention to exploring this phenomenon is still lacking. This research discussed the critical and instrumental approaches to expert participation in crisis communication while arguing that a sensemaking approach is more appropriate due to the decentralized and interactive characteristics of social media. This study employed a quantitative content analysis by coding 917 Weibo trending posts by expert accounts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings show that experts on social media were mostly grassroot professionals who played irreplaceable roles in making sense of crises in the early phase when the crisis signals are uncertain and ambiguous. Additionally, this study identified four different participation styles, including the science-brokers, opinion-expressers, information-transmitters, and sense-givers. The majority of the experts in the case acted as opinion-expressers by raising critiques and comments instead of as science-brokers who explain the latest scientific findings. Discussions ensued on the significance of moving away from a simplistic view and embracing the dynamics and diversity of expert participation in crisis communication in the social media era.
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    contributor authorXue Lin
    contributor authorHengqin Wu
    date accessioned2025-08-17T22:27:37Z
    date available2025-08-17T22:27:37Z
    date copyright5/1/2025 12:00:00 AM
    date issued2025
    identifier otherNHREFO.NHENG-2211.pdf
    identifier urihttp://yetl.yabesh.ir/yetl1/handle/yetl/4306964
    description abstractAlthough the participations of experts on social media are recognized as important in public crisis communication, research attention to exploring this phenomenon is still lacking. This research discussed the critical and instrumental approaches to expert participation in crisis communication while arguing that a sensemaking approach is more appropriate due to the decentralized and interactive characteristics of social media. This study employed a quantitative content analysis by coding 917 Weibo trending posts by expert accounts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings show that experts on social media were mostly grassroot professionals who played irreplaceable roles in making sense of crises in the early phase when the crisis signals are uncertain and ambiguous. Additionally, this study identified four different participation styles, including the science-brokers, opinion-expressers, information-transmitters, and sense-givers. The majority of the experts in the case acted as opinion-expressers by raising critiques and comments instead of as science-brokers who explain the latest scientific findings. Discussions ensued on the significance of moving away from a simplistic view and embracing the dynamics and diversity of expert participation in crisis communication in the social media era.
    publisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers
    titleScience-Brokers or Sense-Givers: How Experts Participate in Public Crisis Communication on Social Media
    typeJournal Article
    journal volume26
    journal issue2
    journal titleNatural Hazards Review
    identifier doi10.1061/NHREFO.NHENG-2211
    journal fristpage04025008-1
    journal lastpage04025008-10
    page10
    treeNatural Hazards Review:;2025:;Volume ( 026 ):;issue: 002
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