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News media coverage of disasters: Help and hindrance
- Source :
- Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies. 8:115-133
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Intellect, 2019.
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Abstract
- Journalists play a key role in providing information to various publics affected by disasters or crises. They have important social and ethical responsibilities in relation to disseminating information during the various disaster phases. News media are important in shaping public responses to disasters and in connecting people and communities. This article explores how journalists can contribute towards communication about the management of disasters. It does so by drawing on a series of interviews with high-level emergency managers in eight countries. This article finds that there are key areas where simple changes to reporting approaches might facilitate significant change in approaches to reporting disasters.
- Subjects :
- 021110 strategic, defence & security studies
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Relation (database)
business.industry
Communication
0211 other engineering and technologies
02 engineering and technology
Public relations
Publics
01 natural sciences
Political science
Key (cryptography)
business
Dissemination
News media
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20010818
- Volume :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........abba3cf331c477a9c08ac3cbdf278348