The effects of a threatening rumor on a disaster-stricken community / by Elliott R. Danzig, Paul W. Thayer [and] Lila R. Galanter. Prepared for Federal Civil Defense Administration and the Disaster Research Group (formerly the Committee on Disaster Studies).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute for Research in Human Relations.

Contributor:

Danzig, Elliott R.

United States. Federal Civil Defense Administration.

Series:

Disaster study ; no. 10.

Publication (National Research Council (U.S.)) ; no. 517.

[National Research Council] Disaster Research Group. Disaster study ; no. 10

National Research Council. Publication ; 517

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rumor.

Disasters--Psychological aspects.

Disasters.

Floods--New York (State)--Port Jervis.

Floods.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington : National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, 1958.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""THE EFFECTS OF A THREATENING RUMOR ON A DISASTER-STRICKEN COMMUNITY""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Contents""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""I. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND""; ""A. POPULATION""; ""B. INDUSTRY""; ""C. GEOGRAPHY""; ""D. PREVIOUS FLOODS""; ""E. THE FLOOD OF AUGUST 19, 1955""; ""F. THE FALSE REPORT""; ""II. COMMUNICATION PATTERN OF THE RUMOR AND DENIAL""; ""A. OVERALL VIEW""; ""B. DETAILED ACCOUNT""; ""SUMMARY""; ""III. ANALYSIS OF THE RESPONDENT DATA""; ""A. DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SAMPLE""; ""B. DISASTER EXPERIENCE OF RESPONDENTS BEFORE CIRCULATION OF FALSE REPORT""

""C. THE SITUATION IN PORT JERVIS BEFORE DISSEMINATION OF THE FALSE REPORT""""D. SPREAD OF THE FALSE REPORT""; ""E. REACTIONS OF RESPONDENTS TO THE FALSE REPORT""; ""F. DISSEMINATION OF THE DENIAL MESSAGES""; ""G. REACTIONS TO THE DENIAL""; ""H. ATTITUDES TOWARD DISASTER GROUPS""; ""I. ADVICE TO OTHERS""; ""J. SUMMARY""; ""IV. INTERPRETATIONS OF THE DATA""; ""A. HYPOTHESES""; ""B. A GAME THEORETIC MODEL OF THE DATA""; ""V. CONCLUSIONS""; ""A. VALIDITY OF THE DATA""; ""B. THE SPREAD OF THE FALSE REPORT""; ""C. OFFICIAL ACTIVITIES DURING THE DISASTER""; ""D. EFFECTS OF THE MESSAGE""

""APPENDIX A ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE STUDY"" ""Preliminary Survey""; ""Training Interviewers""; ""The Interview Form""; ""INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN HUMAN RELATIONS PJNY""; ""Thank You for Your Help !""; ""APPENDIX B SAMPLING METHODOLOGY""; ""A. Possible Sources for Sample Selection""; ""B. Selection of the City-Wide Sample""; ""C. Selection of the Saturation Sample""; ""D. Assignment of Respondents to Interviewers""; ""E. Replacements""; ""F. Additional Factors Considered""; ""G. Empirical Checks""; ""KEY RESPONDENTS""; ""APPENDIX C CODING RESPONDENT PROTOCOLS""

""ANALYZING THE KEY INTERVIEWS""""SAMPLE PAGES FROM INSTRUCTIONS FOR CODERS""; ""Introduction""; ""Coding Categories""; ""APPENDIX D DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RESPONDENT SAMPLE""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography: p. 115-116.

OCLC:

58596516