Information source and valence: How information credibility influences earthquake risk perception

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-136

  Zhu, Dongqing ^a   Xie, Xiaofei ^a   Gan, Yiqun ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Information credibility; Information source; Information valence; Risk perception; Wenchun earthquake

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955715311     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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