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Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-116).
""THE EFFECTS OF A THREATENING RUMOR ON A DISASTER-STRICKEN COMMUNITY""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Contents""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""I. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND""; ""A. POPULATION""; ""B. INDUSTRY""; ""C. GEOGRAPHY""; ""D. PREVIOUS FLOODS""; ""E. THE FLOOD OF AUGUST 19, 1955""; ""F. THE FALSE REPORT""; ""II. COMMUNICATION PATTERN OF THE RUMOR AND DENIAL""; ""A. OVERALL VIEW""; ""B. DETAILED ACCOUNT""; ""SUMMARY""; ""III. ANALYSIS OF THE RESPONDENT DATA""; ""A. DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SAMPLE""; ""B. DISASTER EXPERIENCE OF RESPONDENTS BEFORE CIRCULATION OF FALSE REPORT""
""C. THE SITUATION IN PORT JERVIS BEFORE DISSEMINATION OF THE FALSE REPORT""""D. SPREAD OF THE FALSE REPORT""; ""E. REACTIONS OF RESPONDENTS TO THE FALSE REPORT""; ""F. DISSEMINATION OF THE DENIAL MESSAGES""; ""G. REACTIONS TO THE DENIAL""; ""H. ATTITUDES TOWARD DISASTER GROUPS""; ""I. ADVICE TO OTHERS""; ""J. SUMMARY""; ""IV. INTERPRETATIONS OF THE DATA""; ""A. HYPOTHESES""; ""B. A GAME THEORETIC MODEL OF THE DATA""; ""V. CONCLUSIONS""; ""A. VALIDITY OF THE DATA""; ""B. THE SPREAD OF THE FALSE REPORT""; ""C. OFFICIAL ACTIVITIES DURING THE DISASTER""; ""D. EFFECTS OF THE MESSAGE""
""APPENDIX A ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE STUDY""""Preliminary Survey""; ""Training Interviewers""; ""The Interview Form""; ""INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN HUMAN RELATIONS PJNY""; ""Thank You for Your Help !""; ""APPENDIX B SAMPLING METHODOLOGY""; ""A. Possible Sources for Sample Selection""; ""B. Selection of the City-Wide Sample""; ""C. Selection of the Saturation Sample""; ""D. Assignment of Respondents to Interviewers""; ""E. Replacements""; ""F. Additional Factors Considered""; ""G. Empirical Checks""; ""KEY RESPONDENTS""; ""APPENDIX C CODING RESPONDENT PROTOCOLS""
""ANALYZING THE KEY INTERVIEWS""""SAMPLE PAGES FROM INSTRUCTIONS FOR CODERS""; ""Introduction""; ""Coding Categories""; ""APPENDIX D DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RESPONDENT SAMPLE""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""