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Author Danzig, Elliott R.

Title The effects of a threatening rumor on a disaster-stricken community / by Elliott R. Danzig, Paul W. Thayer, Lila R. Galanter ; prepared for Federal Civil Defense Administration and the Disaster Research Group (formerly the Committee on Disaster Studies)
Published Washington : National Research Council, 1958

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 116 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Disaster study ; no. 10
Publication 517
Disaster study ; no. 10.
Publication (National Research Council (U.S.)) ; no. 517.
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 Sponsored by the Federal Civil Defense Administration and the Institute for Research in Human Relations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-116)
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Subject Disasters -- Psychological aspects.
Rumor.
Floods -- New York (State) -- Port Jervis
Disasters.
Social psychology.
Disasters
Psychology, Social
disasters.
social psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Health.
Social psychology
Disasters
Disasters -- Psychological aspects
Floods
Rumor
New York (State) -- Port Jervis
Form Electronic book
Author Galanter, Lila R.
Thayer, Paul W.
United States. Federal Civil Defense Administration.
National Research Council (U.S.). Disaster Research Group.
Institute for Research in Human Relations.
LC no. 57060052
ISBN 030957062X
9780309570626