01241nam a2200157   4500008004100000100002000041245011700061260004500178300003300223520069800256650002400954650002100978700001300999700002601012773004501038191223b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aWukich, Clayton  aCross-sector emergency information networks on social media: Online bridging and bonding communication patterns   bAmerican Review of Public Administration  a49(7), Oct, 2019: p.825-839.  aA key challenge for public administrators is facilitating communication among diverse actors. This article illustrates the information seeking and sharing preferences of notable emergency information suppliers on social media who operate primarily within four states. Through homophily and brokerage analyses, two basic communication preferences were noted: (a) bridging patterns in which actors interact with diverse sources of information, and (b) bonding patterns in which actors rely on sources from similar backgrounds. Both provide value for practitioners. A crucial task, then, is to balance those approaches and adjust to the shifting demands of the external environment. - Reproduced.  aInformation network  aNetwork analysis  aHu, Qian  aSiciliano, Michael D.  aAmerican Review of Public Administration