Lauren B Cain
Biographic Data
| ID | 6695927 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lauren B Cain |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lauren B |
| FAMILY NAME | Cain |
| SIGNATURE | CAIN L B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Albany State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1547-499X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Scoring the compliance of cell broadcast alert messages
Effective alert messages must clearly and completely communicate the details of a hazard or threat to motivate protective action, including the message source, hazard impacts, guidance, timing, and location. Although these scientific recommendations are well-established in extant literature, the Alerting Authorities (AAs) who write and disseminate alerts do not always follow them. To address this gap between research and practice, this study appl…
The Post-Alert Lexicon
Using a multiphased, mixed methods approach, grounded in theory on alerts and warnings, the Post-Alert Lexicon serves as a companion to the Warning Lexicon to provide evidence-based guidance on how to construct a postalert message for 45 hazards and missing person events. We draw from the results of quantitative content analyses of a census of postalert messages issued as Wireless Emergency Alerts from 2012 to 2022, and public message testing exp…
Improving Amber alerts
In the United States, Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs) are used to notify the public of abducted children. However, there is no established guidance for writing AMBER Alert WEAs, and the vast majority have been incomplete. Using three randomly assigned groups recruited via a Qualtrics survey panel, we test an incomplete message containing a link to additional information, which reflects baseline messaging practices, against complete ‘plain langua…
Missing information
Missing and endangered person (MEP) alerts are a prominent messaging strategy used by law enforcement agencies in the United States to recover missing persons, with over 1,800 AMBER Alerts issued via the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system and nearly 40 similar alerts introduced by state legislatures for other groups of missing people. Despite their prevalent use, the contents of MEP alerts have not yet been empirically examined. Drawing from w…
The Complete Message Is the Best Message
Standardized messaging for alerts and warnings has been made possible through the use of the Warning Lexicon and workflow. The effectiveness of this approach to motivate protective action behaviors, in comparison with the current standard of practice, has not yet been tested. Using an experimental design to test the effectiveness of the Warning Lexicon, we tested three message types for five hazards: blackouts, law enforcement incidents, infectio…
The impact of hazard naming in Wireless Emergency Alerts
Wireless Emergency Alerts are an important way people learn about impending threats. Yet, these messages typically lack information about the hazard that will endanger people. In this study, we examine how naming the hazard and its associated cues in a Wireless Emergency Alert influences people’s perceptions that help them make protective action decisions, including understanding, belief, personalization, deciding, response efficacy, and self-eff…
Message canceled, orders lifted
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Message canceled, orders lifted
The Complete Message Is the Best Message
Standardized messaging for alerts and warnings has been made possible through the use of the Warning Lexicon and workflow. The effectiveness of this approach to motivate protective action behaviors, in comparison with the current standard of practice, has not yet been tested. Using an experimental design to test the effectiveness of the Warning Lexicon, we tested three message types for five hazards: blackouts, law enforcement incidents, infectio…
The impact of hazard naming in Wireless Emergency Alerts
Wireless Emergency Alerts are an important way people learn about impending threats. Yet, these messages typically lack information about the hazard that will endanger people. In this study, we examine how naming the hazard and its associated cues in a Wireless Emergency Alert influences people’s perceptions that help them make protective action decisions, including understanding, belief, personalization, deciding, response efficacy, and self-eff…
Scoring the compliance of cell broadcast alert messages
Effective alert messages must clearly and completely communicate the details of a hazard or threat to motivate protective action, including the message source, hazard impacts, guidance, timing, and location. Although these scientific recommendations are well-established in extant literature, the Alerting Authorities (AAs) who write and disseminate alerts do not always follow them. To address this gap between research and practice, this study appl…
The Post-Alert Lexicon
Using a multiphased, mixed methods approach, grounded in theory on alerts and warnings, the Post-Alert Lexicon serves as a companion to the Warning Lexicon to provide evidence-based guidance on how to construct a postalert message for 45 hazards and missing person events. We draw from the results of quantitative content analyses of a census of postalert messages issued as Wireless Emergency Alerts from 2012 to 2022, and public message testing exp…
Improving Amber alerts
In the United States, Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs) are used to notify the public of abducted children. However, there is no established guidance for writing AMBER Alert WEAs, and the vast majority have been incomplete. Using three randomly assigned groups recruited via a Qualtrics survey panel, we test an incomplete message containing a link to additional information, which reflects baseline messaging practices, against complete ‘plain langua…
Missing information
Missing and endangered person (MEP) alerts are a prominent messaging strategy used by law enforcement agencies in the United States to recover missing persons, with over 1,800 AMBER Alerts issued via the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system and nearly 40 similar alerts introduced by state legislatures for other groups of missing people. Despite their prevalent use, the contents of MEP alerts have not yet been empirically examined. Drawing from w…
Computer Science (4 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Public Relations and Crisis Communication (3 works) · Computer security (2 works) · Emergency response (2 works) · Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (2 works) · Hazard (2 works) · Medical emergency (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)