Improving the Effectiveness of Warnings by Increasing the Appropriateness of Their Information Content

Edworthy, J., Adams, & Austin. (1996). Improving the Effectiveness of Warnings by Increasing the Appropriateness of Their Information Content: Some Hypotheses about Human Compliance. Safety Science, 21(3), 175-189.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1996

Volume

21

Issue

3

Pages

175-189

ISSN

0925-7535

DOI

10.1016/0925-7535(95)00060-7

DOI registrant

Elsevier

Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/0925-7535(95)00060-7

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Mechanisms

• Early Warning Forecast
  • Too sensitive and it over-warns, producing the cry-wolf effect: repeated false alarms train people to ignore the next one, which may be real.

    This sourceFinds that overly frequent warnings and false alarms can render a warning system ineffective through a cry-wolf effect.

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