pass it on to the family

On February 10th wee rumours in jiangsu province XiangShuiXian ecological chemical industrial park exploded, fangyuan ten kilometres in thousands of mass panic escaping, causing crashes, resulting in four people were killed and injured.

After the incident, the local government's emergency rumor, said the incident is by rumors triggered together scare. XiangShuiXian government February 13th bulletin, February 12, two suspected compilation, intentionally disseminate falsified terrorist information of the criminal suspect has been criminal detention.

An illuminating the rumor, through YiChuanShi, ten preach 100 ripple effect, rapid deduce from wanwu people runaway group incidents, but also into four people were killed and injured tragedy. This phenomenon refraction out deep social problems deserves reflection.

Rumor why have vitality after the incident, xiangshui county government in hearing the news for the first time, launched the emergency response plan immediately, investigating the cause of the event, timely publicize the incident truth. By February 10, about six o 'clock in the morning, the crowd has continued to return home, things have subsided.

But, for the county government announced "rumour said", many villagers are skeptical. "We clearly all smell unusual smell." Pond port village would villagers said, "until morning can still smell pesticide flavour, but a police car horn blaring said it's okay, let's go home."

"People are willing to preach 'rumor', elucidation it has social foundation." Shanghai university sociology professor, said GuJun rumours have vitality, because someone willing to believe it, willing to share with others, the more some involuntarily spread.

Zhengzhou university professor with the public administrative college euphratica thinks, in truth has not been clarified, under the condition of rapid spread rumors can self, and produce the collective unconscious phenomenon, which eventually led to the group panic.

"Rumour comes, someone willing to believe it a, and rumor happened resonance, resonant after to others. This behavior backside has two reasons: fear, warning family be careful; 2 it is willing to dislike, downside said." GuJun said.

Refraction local government crisis warning ability is insufficient

After a rumor spread and re-creation process, and common people's worries, antipathy together, the harm cannot small gaze. Respondents experts have pointed out that the incident stripped to the local party government crisis warning ability insufficiency.

P. says, local governments were not fully pungent odor could trigger warning to the universality of social panic, rumors caused panic and group since riots, also lack timely and effective means to control the crisis is further spreads, finally lead to a tragedy.

So far, the relevant people involved have been arrested. The police for malicious spreading false terrorist information of other several illegal crime suspect review and investigation is still in progress.

P. euphratica points out, he shall be investigated for responsibility. I am afraid that just rumors, the lack of effective control of rumors of government agencies or officials also chase responsibility. GuJun says: "from the events we can see, the local government in daily production safety and environment management aspects of work or somewhat lacking."