141:"Organizational networks were essential for risk communication to the public and workers." This means that successful risk communication depends on how effective the communication process is between agencies. The third major finding is "Relationships among local professional first responders and public health agencies were often constructive." Informal methods of communication between law enforcement officers and health professionals help facilitate communication to the public. The fourth major finding is, "Communication problems resulted from lack of communication triage." This means that organizations did not prioritize their many audiences or their channels for reaching those audiences. The fifth and final major finding is, "The concept of elite panic needs further conceptualizing and research." Researchers noticed the concept of
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risk communication about bioterrorism." This project aims to improve communication about bioterrorism between organizations and their public. For this study, researchers focused on the anthrax attacks of 2001. The researchers conducted over 50 interviews with local people who were in positions with agency such as law enforcement officers, elected officials, and health professionals. Researchers asked the participants to describe how decisions were made in their organizations and how information was communicated from their organizations. Forms of written communication such as electronic correspondence and reports were also analyzed.
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A random sample of 2,015 U.S. residents participated in this study. The participants were asked to imagine that a disaster involving multiple terrorist attacks was unfolding. The participants were then presented with information from both local and national sources about the disaster through
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This study produced 5 major findings. The first is "Organizations faced both technical and social uncertainties." These uncertainties included that the authorities in the situation were unclear, and these uncertainties negatively affected risk communication. The second major finding of this study is
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Organizational Dimensions of Risk Communication during Homeland Security Crises. This project focuses on risk communication at the organizational level by "exploring how communications within and among organizations affect risk management and
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The study found that the source of the information impacted its perceived credibility. However, the source alone did not influence participants’ likelihood of taking recommended action. The study also showed that after participants were exposed to the information they were more likely to communicate
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to understand how individuals use, behave, and interpret information on social media sites to better inform policy, guidance, and operations and to ensure that emergency managers, first responders, and policy makers can best optimize how they use these tools."
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that information through interpersonal channels rather than through organizational media channels. Finally, the study also showed that demographics such as gender and age affected how participants responded to the information.
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communicate crisis information before, during, and after the crisis situation. "TRACC is a unique curriculum that is research-based and covers the entire life-cycle of a crisis including preparation, response and recovery."
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will commit violent crimes during a disaster rather than helping their neighbors, drives some responses to disasters. This concept needs to be better understood to improve crisis communication.
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