Public Response to Alerts and Warnings on Mobile Devices

Summary of a Workshop on Current Knowledge and Research Gaps

• Author(s): National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Committee on Public Response to Alerts and Warnings on Mobile Devices: Current Knowledge and Research Gaps,
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Pages: 90
• ISBN_10: 0309185130
  ISBN_13: 9780309185134
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Computers / Information Technology , Political Science / Security (National & International) , Computers / Internet / General , Social Science / Disasters & Disaster Relief , Computers / General , History / Military / Strategy , Computers / Networking / General , Nature / Natural Disasters ,

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This book 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.