TY - JOUR PY - 2023// TI - An experimental study of message strategies for mobile alerts and warnings JO - Natural hazards review A1 - Carlson, Elizabeth J. A1 - Barbour, Joshua B. SP - e04023021 EP - e04023021 VL - 24 IS - 3 N2 - Dr. Dennis Mileti devoted his career to the study of public warnings disseminated through mass media, word of mouth, and, later, mobile technologies. To date, research on mobile public warnings has focused on standardized elements of messages (e.g., the common alerting protocol). During this same period, however, a variety of private, public, and governmental organizations have adopted mobile alert technologies to disseminate a diverse variety of free-form (nonstandardized) messages. We investigated how the evidence-based guidance developed for mobile public warnings applies to this broader class of free-form mobile alerts and warnings (FMAWs). This study reports an experimental comparison of US residents' ( LA - en SN - 1527-6988 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/NHREFO.NHENG-1721 ID - ref1 ER -