Warnings during disaster : normalizing communicated risk.

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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: [S.l. s.n.], 1992Description: 18 pDDC classification:

363.3472 21

Subject: The theory of risk communication was tested with data on public perception of risk and response to aftershock warnings during the post-impact Loma Prieta earthquake emergency. Findings from samples of households in Santa Cruz and San Francisco Counties were consistent, confirm established propositions, and suggest theoretical refinement. It was concluded that the social psychological process which explains public response to pre-impact warnings. The lack of mainshock damage created a "normalization bias" for non-victims. This bias constrained perception of risk to damaging aftershocks and protective response to warnings

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	363.3472 WAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005719747

Bibliography: p. 54-57

Reprinted from Social Problems; 1992; Vol. 39 No. 1; p. 40-57

The theory of risk communication was tested with data on public perception of risk and response to aftershock warnings during the post-impact Loma Prieta earthquake emergency. Findings from samples of households in Santa Cruz and San Francisco Counties were consistent, confirm established propositions, and suggest theoretical refinement. It was concluded that the social psychological process which explains public response to pre-impact warnings. The lack of mainshock damage created a "normalization bias" for non-victims. This bias constrained perception of risk to damaging aftershocks and protective response to warnings

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