Background The COVID-19 outbreak is a global pandemic, during which the community
preventive and protective behaviors play a crucial role in the containment and control of …

During an emergency, it is necessary to quickly disseminate messages to the public. These
communications often provide information about the emergency as well as guidance or …

Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, official social media became a critical channel
for the public to obtain pandemic information. No matter the positive function or negative …

Volunteered sharing of resources is often observed in response to disaster events. During
evacuations the sharing of resources and vehicles is a crucial mechanism for expanding …

The sharp increase in the use of smartphones and rapid advances in mobile communication
offer new ways to warn the public about developing natural or technological hazards. So far …

In recent years, the sharp increase in the use of social media by the public during major
natural disasters has attracted the attention of various public agencies and safety …

Abstract Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs) provide a direct way for public safety officials to
reach at‐risk publics via text‐based messages on their mobile devices. Although WEAs …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the information security behavior of
mobile device users in the context of data breach. Much of the previous research done in …

Evacuation mode choice has been researched over the past decade for disaster
management and planning, focusing primarily on established modes such as personal …

War is the cause of tremendous human suffering. To reduce such harm, governments have
developed tools to alert civilians of imminent threats. Whether these systems are effective …