The effects of news media reports on earthquake attributions and preventability judgments: Mixedmessages about the canterbury earthquake

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies

Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-36

  McClure, John ^a   Velluppillai, Justin ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attributions for damage; Fatalistic messages; Preventability of damage; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885333000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11744707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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