Social media serves as a powerful communication medium, in which researchers and practitioners continue to explore its relevance for understanding disasters. Twitter has received attention for its ability to communicate quickly across space, in support of disaster response, directing resources, and supporting victims. It also highlights what society prioritizes in a disaster. Our research examines the role that Twitter plays during a disaster, with attention on civic engagement among netizens. Indonesia's reoccurring fires are a result of significant land use change taking place across lowland, carbon-rich peatlands in Sumatra and Kalimantan, creating a thick haze that can travel long distances impacting human health, the economy, and greenhouse gas emissions. Foregrounded by critical data studies, we apply a civic engagement framework and conduct big data mapping using Drone Emprit Academic Open Data software by keywording ‘forest fires’ [kebakaran hutan], aggregating 316,782 tweets unfolding during the height of the fires on 8–21 September 2019. Results show the highly politicized dynamics of this disaster during a period of contentious political campaigning intent on assigning blame or defending actions. In addition, the geography of Twitter users and the rural site of disaster served to amplify politics at scale, while drowning out the needs of direct victims. Thus, although Twitter may have a major role to play in disaster management, it is important to situate its role in the context of the disaster, foregrounding the geographic and political dimensions around the key questions about who is affected and how.

社交媒体是一种强大的传播媒介，研究人员和从业人员在其中不断探索其与了解灾害的相关性。Twitter因其跨空间快速通信，支持灾难响应，指导资源和支持受害者的​​能力而受到关注。它还强调了社会在灾难中应优先考虑的事情。我们的研究调查了Twitter在灾难中扮演的角色，并关注网民之间的公民参与。印度尼西亚再次发生大火是由于苏门答腊和加里曼丹省低地，碳含量较高的泥炭地发生了重大的土地利用变化，造成了浓雾，可以长途跋涉，影响人类健康，经济和温室气体排放。在关键数据研究的基础上，我们采用了公民参与框架，并使用Drone Emprit Academic Open Data软件通过关键字``森林大火''（kebakaran hutan）进行大数据映射，在2019年9月8日至21日的大火期间共汇总了316,782条鸣叫。在有争议的政治竞选期间，这场灾难的政治化趋势旨在分配责任或捍卫行动。此外，Twitter用户的地理位置和灾难的农村地区有助于扩大政治规模，同时淹没了直接受害者的需求。因此，尽管Twitter在灾难管理中可能扮演重要角色，但重要的是将其角色定位在灾难的背景下，并围绕围绕谁受到影响以及如何受到影响的关键问题突出地理和政治层面。