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

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This 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… Click to show full abstract

This 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.

Keywords: big data; data changing; face humanitarian; humanitarians big; digital humanitarians; changing face

Journal Title: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
Year Published: 2017

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