The effects of a threatening rumor on a disaster-stricken community.

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TextSeries: Publication (National Research Council (United States)) ; 517Publication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, 1958Description: xi, 116 pDDC classification:

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Subject: On August 19, 1955, a considerable portion of the city ot Port Jervis, New York, was overwhelmed by floods. The water had barely receded from the streets when, in the middle of the night, a false report began to circulate to the effect that a tremendous dam above the city had broken under the weight of the flood waters. About a quarter of the city's inhabitants fled within an hour. The following week a team of psychologists began an investigation of the incident. This report presents the findings from that investigation

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On August 19, 1955, a considerable portion of the city ot Port Jervis, New York, was overwhelmed by floods. The water had barely receded from the streets when, in the middle of the night, a false report began to circulate to the effect that a tremendous dam above the city had broken under the weight of the flood waters. About a quarter of the city's inhabitants fled within an hour. The following week a team of psychologists began an investigation of the incident. This report presents the findings from that investigation

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