Social Media Use During Disasters: How Information Form and Source Influence Intended Behavioral Responses

Communication Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 626-646

  Liu, Brooke Fisher ^a   Fraustino, Julia Daisy ^a   Jin, Yan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

crisis communication; disaster communication; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975048532     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650214565917     Document Type: Article

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