Media, emergency warnings, and citizen response.

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Includes index

Media functions in society -- Analysis of disasters -- The mass media in disasters -- The role of government in managing disasters -- Mass media as a conduit to the people -- Media in response : relay of warnings -- Media in preparedness, recovery and mitigation phases -- Role of the media in disaster response -- Organizational relationships -- Sources and contents of warnings -- Characterizing the effects of warning source -- Media and hazard information dissemination -- A study of media and response in two emergencies -- Warning sources and citizen behaviour in the response phase -- Actual source for personal preparedness information -- Proposed preparedness channel for emergency managers -- Preferred preparedness channel for citizen search -- Preferred source for community issues -- Type of hazard and role of warning source -- Media in the warning process -- Media role in the warning confirmation -- Media in dissemination -- Role of media in disasters generally -- Government approaches to the media