Color Bind

Shapiro, J. N., & Cohen, D. K. (2007). Color Bind: Lessons from the Failed Homeland Security Advisory System. International Security, 32(2), 121-154.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2007

DOI

10.1162/isec.2007.32.2.121

Link

https://doi.org/10.1162/isec.2007.32.2.121

Cited from

communication_media_studies

Cited by

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Primes

• Signal Inflation
  • In public-health communication it is over-warning followed by under-response, and threat-level systems stuck at one level until they lose informational content.

    This sourceAnalyzes how the US color-coded threat-level system lost informational content and failed to motivate protective action once elevations appeared routine — a public-warning instance of credibility erosion.

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