Framing effects on disaster preparation: Is negative framing more effective?

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies

Volumn 2011, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  McClure, John ^a   Sibley, Chris G ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disaster preparedness; Framing effects; Goal framing; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052139685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11744707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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