Understanding disaster warning responses.

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Drabek, Thomas E., 1940-

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TextPublication details: Greenwich, Conn. : JAI Press, 1999Description: [9] pSubject(s):

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302.12 21

Subject: When threatened with some type of disaster, how do people respond? What are the social factors that constrain their responses? Receiver characteristics, message characteristics, and social contexts are explained and related to variations in disaster warning responses. Finally, two components of a vision for the future are described: 1) disaster event taxonomies, and 2) implemented social policies

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Bibliography: p. 522-523

Reprinted from The social science journal; 1999; v.36, no. 3; p. 515-523

When threatened with some type of disaster, how do people respond? What are the social factors that constrain their responses? Receiver characteristics, message characteristics, and social contexts are explained and related to variations in disaster warning responses. Finally, two components of a vision for the future are described: 1) disaster event taxonomies, and 2) implemented social policies

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