The German Hackathon #WirVsVirus on March 20-22, 2020, and What It Revealed About Difficulties in Mass Crisis Communication (WESS Newsletter. Spring 2020, Vol. 43, No. 2)
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- On March 20-22, 2020, the German federal government sponsored a hackathon called #WirVsVirus (#WeVsVirus) that centered on finding solutions to social challenges related to the Covid-19 crisis. There was an enthusiastic response and over 42,000 people registered to take part. I was part of a small team from Stanford that had gathered (virtually) to work on this hackathon. We chose to work on the challenge of mass emergency notification systems for citizens living abroad. This article describes my experience with the hackathon, our team’s work and our outcomes, and our next steps. It also provides an overview of the organizational structure of the hackathon from the perspective of a participant.
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| Type of resource | text |
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| Publication date | April 17, 2023 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Smith, Kathleen |
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2011-561X
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Subjects
| Subject | COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-) |
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| Subject | Crisis communication |
| Subject | Hackathon |
| Genre | Text |
| Genre | Report |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.25740/db516dt1286 |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/db516dt1286 |
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- Smith, K. (2023). The German Hackathon #WirVsVirus on March 20-22, 2020, and What It Revealed About Difficulties in Mass Crisis Communication (WESS Newsletter. Spring 2020, Vol. 43, No. 2). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/db516dt1286. https://doi.org/10.25740/db516dt1286.
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