The Centrality of Communication and Media in Fostering Community Resilience: A Framework for Assessment and Intervention

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 270-283

  Houston, J Brian ^a   Spialek, Matthew L ^a   Cox, Joy ^a   Greenwood, Molly M ^a   First, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; community resilience; disaster; media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919681345     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764214548563     Document Type: Article

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