Crisis response communication management: Increasing message clarity with training over time

Proceedings of ISCRAM 2008 - 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 368-375

  Gomez, Elizabeth Avery ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Community responders; Crisis management; Interoperable communication; SMS text messaging; Training and simulation

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TEXT MESSAGING;

COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY RESPONDERS; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS; SPEECH ACT THEORY; TRAINING AND SIMULATIONS; TRAINING APPLICATIONS;

MESSAGE PASSING;

EID: 78650225150     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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