Public response to alerts and warnings on mobile devices : summary of a workshop on current knowledge and research gaps / Committee on Public Response to Alerts and Warnings on Mobile Devices: Current Knowledge and Research Gaps, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Public Response to Alerts and Warnings on Mobile Devices: Current Knowledge and Research Gaps.

National Academies Press (U.S.)

Conference Name:

Workshop on Public Response to Alerts and Warnings on Mobile Devices: Current Knowledge and Research Gaps (2010 : National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency communication systems--United States--Congresses.

Emergency communication systems.

Civil defense warning systems--United States--Congresses.

Civil defense warning systems.

Mobile communication systems--United States--Congresses.

Mobile communication systems.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 78 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2011]

Summary:

Presents a summary of the Workshop on Public Response to Alerts and Warnings on Mobile Devices: Current Knowledge and Research Gaps, held April 13 and 14, 2010, in Washington, D.C., under the auspices of the National Research Council's Committee on Public Response to Alerts and Warnings on Mobile Devices: Current Knowledge and Research Needs. The workshop was structured to gather inputs and insights from social science researchers, technologists, emergency management professionals, and other experts knowledgeable about how the public responds to alerts and warnings, focusing specifically on how the public responds to mobile alerting.

Contents:

Overview and context: the commercial mobile alert service, the warning process, and public response

Current use of text messages for alerts and warnings: experiences and lessons learned

Communicating during a crisis

Public education and training

Communicating with at-risk populations

Research gaps.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0309185130

9780309185134

OCLC:

712792709