Public response to alerts and warnings on mobile devices
Subtitle: summary of a workshop on current knowledge and research gaps
By: Committee on Public Response to Alerts and Warnings on Mobile Devices: Current Knowledge and Research Gaps, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies
Contributors: National Academies Press (U.S.); Workshop on Public Response to Alerts and Warnings on Mobile Devices: Current Knowledge and Research Gaps (2010 : National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9780309185134
Subjects: Congresses; Mobile communication systems; Emergency communication systems; Civil defense warning systems
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Also available in Open Book format via the National Academies Press home page.
Table of contents: title: Overview and context: the commercial mobile alert service, the warning process, and public response; title: Current use of text messages for alerts and warnings: experiences and lessons learned; title: Communicating during a crisis; title: Public education and training; title: Communicating with at-risk populations; title: Research gaps.