Title
How Cosmopolites React to Messages: America Under Attack
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2005
Publication Title
Communication Research Reports
Abstract
The diffusion of information about critical events has been studied using events of differing importance in Americans’ lives: This study explores the diffusion of information about a tragedy that touched Americans and others around the world. Specifically, we explore how the time a person learned of the September 11 attacks influences their selection of communication channel(s) in passing on the information to others. This study also explores the impact of the notion of “cosmopoliteness” on channel selection and its impact on the diffusion process. The results of this study inform the diffusion literature by providing evidence that cosmopoliteness does affect the diffusion process. Implications are discussed.
DOI
10.1080/0882409052000343516
Version
Postprint
Publisher's Statement
This is an Author’s Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Communication Research Reports, 2005, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/0882409052000343516.
Recommended Citation
Bracken, C. C., Jeffres, L., Neuendorf, K., Kopfman, J., & Moulla, F. (2005). How Cosmopolites React to Messages: America Under Attack. Communication Research Reports, 22(1), 47–58. https://doi.org/10.1080/0882409052000343516
Volume
22
Issue
1
