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Mass Media Usage During A Natural Disaster: Lsu College Students And Hurricane Katrina, Pavica Juric
Mass Media Usage During A Natural Disaster: Lsu College Students And Hurricane Katrina, Pavica Juric
LSU Master's Theses
A survey with 293 American and 68 international LSU students and two focus groups with American students and one with international students were conducted between November 2005 and February 2006 to determine the difference in media use between American and international LSU students in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: What were students’ main sources of information after the storm? What were their sources when electricity was out? Which source of information helped students feel less lonely? Which source of information helped students fell less stressful? Finally, which medium did the students believe, when compared to others, did the best job …