Understanding the influence of the “cry wolf hypothesis” and “false alarm effect” on public response to emergency warnings

Ann Marie Major; L. Erwin Atwood

doi:10.1201/b15372-16

Understanding the influence of the “cry wolf hypothesis” and “false alarm effect” on public response to emergency warnings

Ann Marie Major, L. Erwin Atwood

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This chapter provides examples from a multitude of disasters and applies research from the understanding of public response to disasters to paint a broad picture of the “cry wolf” hypothesis, which is often used interchangeably with the false alarm effect (FAE). In this chapter, the term FAE will be used for both terms.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Handbook of Emergency Response
Subtitle of host publication	A Human Factors and Systems Engineering Approach
Publisher	CRC Press
Pages	231-249
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	9781466514577
ISBN (Print)	9781466514560
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1201/b15372-16
State	Published - Jan 1 2013

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