Social computing in homeland security disaster promulgation and response /

• Main Author: Ding, Amy Wenxuan, 1964-
• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
• Subjects: Emergency management.; Disaster promulgation and response; Emergency evacuation command system; Feature recognition; Incident commander; Information perception and public response; Psychosocial impact; Public perception and confidence; Real time surveillance modeling; Security inspection model; Situation awareness; Social computing in homeland security; Threat warning and psychological warfare
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (xxxiii, 283 p. : ill.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-279) and index.
• ISBN: 1605662291 (ebook); 9781605662299 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

The sequence of major events that occurred after entering the twenty-first century have all pointed to an effective emergency response as one of the most complex challenges many countries now face. This book presents a theoretical framework addressing how to enhance national response capabilities and ready the public in the presence of human-made or natural disasters. A practical reference for those involved in disaster response and management, it explores fascinating topics including designing effective threat warning advisories, quantifying public reactions to and confidence in warning advisories, and assessing how anxiety and fear translate into impacts on effective response and social productivity.