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.
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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.
Supported in partVerified against the publisher's abstract
Shapiro & Cohen's abstract shows the US color-coded alert system failed to motivate protective action and lost credibility once seen as politically manipulated; it says nothing about reduced sheltering after false warnings.
“Over time, as the HSAS became increasingly perceived as politically manipulated, there was no built-in mechanism to recover confidence in the system.”
- 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.
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