THIS IS NOT A DRILL: Mobile Telephony, Information Verification, and Expressive Communication During Hawaii’s False Missile Alert
On Saturday, 13 January 2018, residents of Hawaii received a chilling message through their smartphones. It read, in all caps, BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. The message was mistakenly sent, but many residents lived in a threatened state of m...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2021-03-01
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| Series: | Social Media + Society |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305121999661 |