After the Flood: Anger, Attribution and the Seeking of Information (presentation)

Authors

Robert J. Griffin, Marquette UniversityFollow
Janet Yang, Cornell University
Ellen Ter Huurne, University of Twente
Francesca Boerner, Research Center Juelich
Sherry L. Ortiz, Marquette University
Sharon Dunwoody, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

8-2006

Publisher

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

Source Publication

AEJMC Annual Convention

Abstract

In an effort to understand what motivates people to attend to information about flood risks, this study applies the Risk Information Seeking and Processing model to explore how local residents responded to damaging river flooding in the Milwaukee area. Anger at managing agencies was associated with the desire for information and active information seeking and processing, as well as with risk judgment, personal efficacy, lower institutional trust, and attributions for the causes of flood losses.

Comments

After the Flood: Anger, Attribution and the Seeking of Information. A paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, annual convention. San Francisco, CA, August 2006. Publisher link. © 2006 The Author. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Griffin, Robert J.; Yang, Janet; Ter Huurne, Ellen; Boerner, Francesca; Ortiz, Sherry L.; and Dunwoody, Sharon, "After the Flood: Anger, Attribution and the Seeking of Information (presentation)" (2006). College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications. 658.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/comm_fac/658