Tag: Johannes Eichstaedt

Risk Communication in Real Time: Examining Individuals’ Smartphone Use During the 2021 Texas Winter Disaster With Mobile Sensing

Risk Communication in Real Time: Examining Individuals’ Smartphone Use During the 2021 Texas Winter Disaster With Mobile Sensing

2026-03-31 5:10 PM
In this study, we provide a detailed description of how individuals encounter risk communication during extreme weather events by analyzing comprehensive records of all the content that 11 adults viewed on their smartphones (n = 162,418 screenshots collected via mobile sensing) over 5 days of the winter disaster that struck Texas in February 2021. Participants viewed substantial amounts of risk communication, which comprised, on average, 21% of their total smartphone use during the winter disaster...