@article{785290,
      note = {Available also online (viewed 19 Dec. 2014).},
      url = {http://digitallibrary.un.org/record/785290},
      title = {Humanitarianism in the network age : including world  humanitarian data and trends 2012 },
      publisher = {UN, },
      abstract = {"A new report from OCHA explores how new communications  technologies are already changing the face of disaster  response.    “Humanitarianism in the Network Age”  (HINA) examines the implications for how a world of  increasingly informed, connected and self-reliant  communities will affect the delivery of humanitarian aid.  It lays out some of the most pertinent features of these  new technologies, such as SMS, social media and others, and  identifies the opportunities and difficulties in applying  them.    The report describes how aid agencies are adapting  to a more open, participatory way of interacting with  people in crisis, such as through crowdsourcing and  volunteer networks, and how that is affecting their  activities. The report’s conclusions suggest a  “fundamental shift” in the ability to influence a  response away from capitals and headquarters and to the  people aid agencies aim to assist."--publisher's  description.},
      recid = {785290},
      pages = {ii, 112 p. :},
      address = {New York :. 2013-04},
      year = {2013},
      month = {Apr},
}