The impact of media blame assignation on the EOC response to disaster : a case study of the response to the April 26, 1991 Andover (Kansas) tornado.

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Fischer, Henry W

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TextLanguage: ENG Series: Quick response research report ; 48Publication details: MAR 1992Description: 33p., 1 tab, 32 refsSubject(s):

Subject: The research focus was to assess the extent to which the media's reporting of the local emergency management team's response to the disaster influenced the team's subsequent decisions. An assessment of the observation and interview data as well as the content analysis of the news stories, suggest that the EOC team devoted a considerable portion of their time to responding to the negative press they received centering around two issues: pre-impact warning and post-impact debris clearance.

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The research focus was to assess the extent to which the media's reporting of the local emergency management team's response to the disaster influenced the team's subsequent decisions. An assessment of the observation and interview data as well as the content analysis of the news stories, suggest that the EOC team devoted a considerable portion of their time to responding to the negative press they received centering around two issues: pre-impact warning and post-impact debris clearance.

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