The 21st century is witnessing an explosion of Internet-based messages transmitted through these media. They have become a major factor in influencing various aspects of consumer behavior including awareness, opinions, information acquisition, attitudes, purchase behavior, and post-purchase...

Time as a relative notion being perceived and interpreted differently for everyone, is influenced by the position and conditions as well. The importance of the time usually understood by people when irreversible results occur. People make a habit of work without planning because of the lack of...

The potential and scope of damages resulting from large scale natural disasters is undisputed. Additionally, the risks that societies are facing continue to grow along with the global population. A decision support risk assessment and mitigation framework for disaster relief supply chain is...

Our general objective is to characterize the recent and well publicized diffusion of Twitter among politicians in the United States 111th House of Representatives. Ultimately, Barrack Obama, Facebook and peers matter when it comes to the propensity and speed of Twitter adoption. A basic analysis...

Although considerable progress has been made in understanding the determinants of risk perception and in identifying the necessary components of effective food risk and benefit communication, this has not been matched with the development of efficient and appropriate communication tools. Little...

The aim of this paper is to summarize the strategies and techniques of communication and public relations applied to non-profit sector. The approach of the paper is to identify the most appropriate strategies and techniques that non-profit sector can use to accomplish its objectives, to...