Reading hurricane katrina: Information sources and decision-making in response to a natural disaster

Social Epistemology

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 361-380

  Taylor, Karen ^a   Priest, Susanna ^b   Sisco, Hilary Fussell ^c   Banning, Stephen ^d   Campbell, Kenneth ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c Department of Public Relations   (United States)

^d BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deficit Model; Disaster Communication; Evacuation Decisions; Interpersonal Communication; Social Networks; Weak Ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 74249083144     PISSN: 02691728     EISSN: 14645297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02691720903374034     Document Type: Article

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