A Department of Homeland Security Emeritus Center of Excellence led by the University of Maryland

Yan Jin

Yan Jin

Former Researcher

Researcher on START Projects

Social Media Use during Disasters

July 2012 to October 2013

Selected Publications

Advancing Crisis Communication Effectiveness: Integrating Public Relations Scholarship with Practice (Book)

The Social-Meditated Crisis Communication (SMCC) Model: Identifying the Next Frontier (Book Chapter)

Contingency Theory: Evolution from a Public Relations Theory to a Theory of Strategic Conflict Management (Book Chapter)

Crisis Information Seeking and Sharing (CISS): Scale Development for Measuring Publics’ Communicative Behavior in Social-Mediated Public Health Crises (Journal Article)

Examining the Role of Social Media in Effective Crisis Management: The Effects of Crisis Origin, Information Form, and Source on Publics' Crisis Responses (Journal Article)

Social Media Use During Disasters: How Information Form and Source Influence Intended Behavioral Responses (Journal Article)

The Scared, the Outraged, and the Anxious: How Crisis Emotions, Involvement, and Demographics Predict Publics' Conative Coping (Journal Article)

How Disaster Information Form, Source, Type, and Prior Disaster Exposure Affect Public Outcomes: Jumping on the Social Media Bandwagon? (Journal Article)

Social Media Use during Disasters Fact Sheet (Project Fact Sheet)

Social Media Use during Disasters: A Review of the Knowledge Base and Gaps (START Reports)

News References

Risk communication researchers earn top paper awards (News)