Table 5.
Social media use in disasters
| Likelihood of using social media in case of an ongoing disaster for: | Romania | Malta | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Standard deviation | Mean | Standard deviation | |
| Informing oneself about the disaster | 4.00 | 1.16 | 4.30∗ | 0.95 |
| Submitting information on disaster risks/disasters to local authorities | 3.93 | 0.94 | 3.19∗ | 1.32 |
| Warning or informing other social media users | 4.10 | 0.85 | 4.11 | 1.07 |
| Warning or informing family and friends | 4.14 | 1.11 | 3.86 | 1.20 |
| Staying in contact with others | 4.27 | 0.79 | 3.97∗ | 1.06 |
| Providing help to others | 4.15 | 1.00 | 3.73∗ | 1.15 |
Notes: answers measured on a five‐point Likert scale, ranging from 1=very unlikely to 5=very likely. The results in the table marked with an asterisk (∗) signify that those between Romania and Malta are statistically significantly different (p<0.05). Other differences between Romania and Malta are not statistically significant.
Source: authors.