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Social and geographical disparities in Twitter use during Hurricane Harvey

Lei ZouDepartment of Geography, College Station, TX, USA;Department of Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Nina S. N. LamDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5344-9368View further author information
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Shayan ShamsDivision of Computer Science and Engineering, Center for Computation and Technology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USAView further author information
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Heng CaiDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6068-5150View further author information
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Michelle A. MeyerDepartment of Sociology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA;Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8750-8178View further author information
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Seungwon YangSchool of Library and Information Science, Center for Computation and Technology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USAView further author information
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Kisung LeeDivision of Computer Science and Engineering, Center for Computation and Technology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USAView further author information
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Seung-Jong ParkDivision of Computer Science and Engineering, Center for Computation and Technology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USAView further author information
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Pages 1300-1318 | Received 30 Jul 2018, Accepted 01 Nov 2018, Published online: 02 Dec 2018

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