The Miramichi earthquake : the media respond to an invisible emergency.
Material type: TextPublication details: [Ottawa, Canada] : Emergency Preparedness Canada, 1982Description: 33 pSubject(s): DDC classification:- 363.3495097151 21
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"ECRU Field Report 82/1"
Examines the means used by the public, emergency organizations and the media to find information after a number of severe earthquakes in New Brunswick in January 1982. These earthquakes, measuring over 5 on the Richter scale, caused no casualties and little damage, thus limiting the role of emergency measures organizations. However, they unleashed a huge demand for information, which was largely met by the media, particularly radio
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