Information Acquisition, Perception, Preference, and Convergence by Gulf Coast Residents in the Aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina Crisis

Argumentation and Advocacy

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 81-96

  Anthony, Kathryn E ^a   Sellnow, Timothy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

crisis communication; data; Hurricane Katrina; media; risk communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886421936     PISSN: 10511431     EISSN: 25768476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028533.2011.11821756     Document Type: Article

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