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Analyzing the Fargo Flood: The Role of Social Media During the 2009 Fargo Flood

I. Introduction
I will introduce the overall topic of how organizations used blogs during the 2009 Fargo Flood. I will also setup preview the structure of the paper

II. Case Study: 2009 Fargo Flood
In this section, I will give the timeline of events during the flood. I will also provide a timetable.

III. Conceptual Framework
I will preview the concepts that I will talk about

A. Defining blogs
I will briefly describe what a blog is

B. Roles and Functions of Blogs
I will briefly discuss how organizations generally use blogs during crisis situations. These include spread information, give voice, bond individuals, and mobilize individuals.

C. Seeger’s Best Practices
I will outline two of Seeger’s Best Practices in a crisis

RQ1: How did organizations use blogs during the 2009 Fargo Flood?
RQ2: In what ways, did organizations use blogs to employ Seeger’s Best Practices?