Group-specific behavior change following terror attacks

Jonas L. Juul (), Laura Alessandretti, Jesper Dammeyer, Ingo Zettler, Sune Lehmann and Joachim Mathiesen
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Jonas L. Juul: University of Copenhagen
Laura Alessandretti: University of Copenhagen
Jesper Dammeyer: University of Copenhagen
Ingo Zettler: University of Copenhagen
Sune Lehmann: University of Copenhagen
Joachim Mathiesen: University of Copenhagen

Journal of Computational Social Science, 2023, vol. 6, issue 1, No 1, 18 pages

Abstract: Abstract Terrorists use violence in pursuit of political goals. While terror often has severe consequences for victims, it remains an open question how terror attacks affect the general population. We study the behavioral response of citizens of cities affected by 7 different terror attacks. We compare real-time mobile communication patterns in the first 24 hours following a terror attack to the corresponding patterns on days with no terror attack. We find that the difference between male and female communication patterns are amplified following a terror attack. Knowledge about citizens’ behavior response patterns following terror attacks may have important implications for the public response during and after an attack.

Keywords: Terror attacks; Behavior change; Telecommunication; Gender; Impact of terror; Gender differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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