Do we stand on common ground? A threat appraisal model for terror alerts issued by the Department of Homeland Security

• Main Authors: PANG, Augustine, YAN, Jin, CAMERON, Glen T.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
• Subjects: Business and Corporate Communications; Defense and Security Studies; Organizational Behavior and Theory; Organizational Communication; Social Influence and Political Communication
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6041; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7040/viewcontent/Do_we_stand_on_common_ground_sv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The fabric and faces of threat, and the expediency and efficiency in the communication of threat, are examined with a threat appraisal model. This model is empirically tested on an ongoing communication challenge, the issuance of terror alerts by the United States' Department of Homeland Securi...