The Effects of a Threatening Rumor on a Disaster-Stricken Community (1958) / Chapter Skim
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Chapter II. Communication Pattern of the Rumor and Denial
Chapter II. Communication Pattern of the Rumor and Denial
Pages 11-22
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These persons are listed in Appendix B In addition, approximately a dozen informal interviews were held with Port Jervis officials who were peripherally involved in the action, and with officials of nearby Matamoras whose activities affected the Port Jervis situation.
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There is some evidence that such rumors were in circulation concurrently with the particular report which gained momentum and swept through Port Nerves. The manager of the local power copy and the ticket agent at the Erie Railroad Station both reported numerous cads on Thursday 12
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In addition to the rumors with a general flood referrent, the Police Chief en c! the ham radio operator reported a typhoid epidemic rumor which was squelched before it gained momentum when the City Health Officer gave counter-information on the radio.
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They got in touch with the Port Jervis Civil Defense Headquarters by telephone and asked them to check for verification at the Dam with the Civil Defens e shortwave radio facilitie s .
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The radio operator fir st told his assistant to try to call Scranton Electric. Before this time, he had been in contact with a ham radio operator in Port Jervis, who had established a relay channel through which he could radio Wallenpaupack Dam authorities.
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She informed them that she had two official sources of disc onfir mation, and she r elate s that p e ople we r e imme cliately c elm e d and left for their homes. At this same time, Civil Defense officials were in telephone contact with the local radio station, although it is not clear whether CD or WDL`C initiated the communication.
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At approximately 11: 30 - 11:40 p. m., the denial me s sage Police, Fire, and annarentlv the fir st came in from the loam through various channels to _ O ators immediately informed Civil Defense Headquarters.
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The announcers went back to the broadcasting station. In the meantime the Chief personally spoke to the gathering crowd at City Hall and d~spatched officer s to stop people on foot and ire car s who were spr eading the rumor.
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Independent decisions to verify the false report by contacting officials at or near the Dam were undertaken at the main communication centers; Fire, Police, and Civil Defense Headquarters. (2 ~ None of the official s at the main co mmunication c ente r s disseminated the false report while waiting for verification.
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(4) No official at any of the main communication centers re ported considering flight during the period of belief or the period of waiting for verification.
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