Digital Humanitarians: How Big Data Is Changing the Face of Humanitarian Response

AbstractThis is a review of Patrick Meier ’s 2015 book,Digital Humanitarians: How Big Data Is Changing the Face of Humanitarian Response. The book explores the role of technologies such as high-resolution satellite imagery, online social media, drones, and artificial intelligence in humanitarian responses during disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake. In this analysis, the book is examined using a humanitarian health ethics perspective.
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research