Testing Disaster Risk Reduction Literacy Gap Hypothesis Caused by Predisposition of Disaster Risk Reduction Literacy and Selective Exposure to Disaster Risk Reduction Activities and Supportive Activities

Abstract

This study aimed to explore the widening process of "disaster risk reduction (DRR) literacy" gap. A gap-widening process was hypothesized utilizing the theoretical framework of predisposition and selective exposure. Based on a webbased 2 wave panel survey data (N=457), we tested the hypotheses on the relationships between predispositional DRR literacy and selective exposure to DRR-related activities and supportive activities. The analyses demonstrated that: 1) the higher the level of DRR literacy, the more likely the respondents were to be exposed to DRR-related activities and supportive activities and 2) although the respondents were biasedly exposed to such activities, DRR literacy gap was not consistently widened by the interaction between predisposition and selective exposure.