Tweeting during food crises: A psychosocial analysis of threat coping expressions in Spain, during the 2011 European EHEC outbreak

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 239-254

  Gaspar, Rui ^a,b   Gorjão, Sara ^a   Seibt, Beate ^a   Lima, Luisa ^a   Barnett, Julie ^c   Moss, Adrian ^d   Wills, Josephine ^e  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Focus Business Communications   (United Kingdom)

^e Tassel House ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coping; Crisis communication; Food crisis; Qualitative social media analysis

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED PRODUCT; COPING; COPING STRATEGIES; CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS; INDIVIDUAL LEVELS; INFORMATION SEEKING; MONITORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYSIS;

COMMUNICATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 84888299528     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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