During the past two decades, the body of empirical research on warning design and
evaluation has grown. Consequently, there are now basic principles and guidelines …

New and emerging technologies promise to revolutionize risk communication. The benefits
of technology are discussed with regard to the components of a recently described warning …

Warnings are safety communications used to inform people about hazards and to provide
instructions to avoid or minimize undesirable consequences such as injury or death …

Winner of the" Outstanding Academic Title" recognition by Choice for the 2020 OAT Awards.
The Choice OAT Award represents the highest caliber of scholarly titles that have been …

Social structures and processes are increasingly acknowledged and studied within the
human factors/ergonomics (HFE) discipline. At the same time, social phenomena are rarely …

The use of pictograms is discussed considering their information content, graphic complexity
and cultural dimension. The resemblance and the illusion theories are highlighted to define …

Globalization and technology transfer have led to the diffusion of risk communications to
users from cultures that were not initially viewed as the target users. This study examined …

# Background Alarms are signals intended to capture and direct human attention to a
potential issue that may require monitoring, assessment, or intervention and play a critical …

Ergonomics is evolving towards including a broader consideration of ecological and political
factors in the design of work environments by adopting an interconnected systems …

A tornado refuge rubric was revised into a six-level, hierarchical Tornado Watch Scale
(TWS) from level 0 to level 5 based on the likelihood of high or low-impact tornadic events …