Coping with the media in disasters: some predictable problems.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1985Description: 12p., 63 refsSubject: The media can assist in pre-disaster education. They may be crucial to an effective warning process. They can provide information and advice to victims and others in the wake of disasters. They can help activate the local disaster response. The can assist in stimulating effective disaster relief. It is necessary to develop an effective plan for the media in disasters. First, establish what media exist and what they can do. Second, establish their potential in disaster. Third, develop a plan for dealing with them, and do that planning with media cooperation. Fourth, identify those persons capable of putting the plan into effect. Fifth, test the plan with the media playing an active role in the test. Sixth, evaluate and revise the plan in light of the test experience, ensuring media criticisms are taken into account. Seventh, make sure the plan becomes known to all those involved in the disaster response, including the public. Eighth, make sure the plan is constantly revised in light of changing conditions, regular tests, and actual experience.
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Reprinted from Special Issue; 1985; pp123-133
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The media can assist in pre-disaster education. They may be crucial to an effective warning process. They can provide information and advice to victims and others in the wake of disasters. They can help activate the local disaster response. The can assist in stimulating effective disaster relief. It is necessary to develop an effective plan for the media in disasters. First, establish what media exist and what they can do. Second, establish their potential in disaster. Third, develop a plan for dealing with them, and do that planning with media cooperation. Fourth, identify those persons capable of putting the plan into effect. Fifth, test the plan with the media playing an active role in the test. Sixth, evaluate and revise the plan in light of the test experience, ensuring media criticisms are taken into account. Seventh, make sure the plan becomes known to all those involved in the disaster response, including the public. Eighth, make sure the plan is constantly revised in light of changing conditions, regular tests, and actual experience.
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