Living a ‘Digital Life’ and ready to cope with crises? Highlighting young adults' conceptions of crisis and emergency preparedness
Mats Eriksson
Abstract:Increasing numbers of people are spending more and more time in digital landscapes, with many still unknown consequences for crisis and emergency management. This exploratory, in‐depth, qualitative interview study (N = 14) explores conceptions about local and individual crisis and emergency preparedness among a small group of young adults representing the most digitally savvy generation in Sweden. The results show that the respondents exhibit a complex and ambivalent attitude to crisis and emergency preparedne… Show more
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