Drivers of social media use among African Americans in the event of a crisis

Natural Hazards

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-95

  Pennington Gray, Lori ^a   Kaplanidou, Kiki ^a   Schroeder, Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Crisis; Risk perception; Social media; Tourists

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; MEDIA ROLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; TOURISM;

EID: 84873473494     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0101-0     Document Type: Article

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