Effective Communication During Disasters: Making Use of Technology, Media, and Human Resources
Oakville, Ontario; Waretown, NJ: Apple Academic Press (2017), xxvi, 284 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 978-1-77188-512-6 (ebook); 978-1-315-36564-0 (CRC Press)
Introduction, xix
I. OVERVIEW OF COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES AND BEST-PRACTICE ANALYSES
1 Preparing for Effective Communications During Disasters: Lessons from a World Health Organization Quality Improvement Project, 3
2 Information Dissemination Analysis of Different Media towards the Application for Disaster Pre-Warning, 19
3 The Effectiveness of Disaster Risk Communication: A Systematic Review of Intervention Studies, 55
4 Near-Real-Time Analysis of Publicly Communicated Disaster Response Information
II. THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA, 95
5 The Future of Social Media Use During Emergencies in Australia: Insights from the 2014 Australian and New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference Social Media Workshop, 125
6 Resilient Disaster Network Based on Software Defined Cognitive Wireless Network Technology, 137
7 Web 2.0 and Internet Social Networking: A New Tool for Disaster Management? Lessons from Taiwan, 165
III. MOBILE PHONES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY
8 Global Health and Natural Disaster Alerts: Preparing Mobile Phones to Endure the Unthinkable, 177
9 What It Takes to Get Passed On: Message Content, Style, and Structure as Predictors of Retransmission in the Boston Marathon Bombing Response, 191
IV. UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
10 Leveraging Public Health Nurses for Disaster Risk Communication in Fukushima City: A Qualitative Analysis of Nurses' Written Records of Parenting Counseling and Peer Discussions, 225
11 Communication, Perception, and Behaviour During a Natural Disaster Involving a "Do Not Drink" and a Subsequent "Boil Water" Notice: A Postal Questionnaire Study, 247
I. OVERVIEW OF COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES AND BEST-PRACTICE ANALYSES
1 Preparing for Effective Communications During Disasters: Lessons from a World Health Organization Quality Improvement Project, 3
2 Information Dissemination Analysis of Different Media towards the Application for Disaster Pre-Warning, 19
3 The Effectiveness of Disaster Risk Communication: A Systematic Review of Intervention Studies, 55
4 Near-Real-Time Analysis of Publicly Communicated Disaster Response Information
II. THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA, 95
5 The Future of Social Media Use During Emergencies in Australia: Insights from the 2014 Australian and New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference Social Media Workshop, 125
6 Resilient Disaster Network Based on Software Defined Cognitive Wireless Network Technology, 137
7 Web 2.0 and Internet Social Networking: A New Tool for Disaster Management? Lessons from Taiwan, 165
III. MOBILE PHONES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY
8 Global Health and Natural Disaster Alerts: Preparing Mobile Phones to Endure the Unthinkable, 177
9 What It Takes to Get Passed On: Message Content, Style, and Structure as Predictors of Retransmission in the Boston Marathon Bombing Response, 191
IV. UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
10 Leveraging Public Health Nurses for Disaster Risk Communication in Fukushima City: A Qualitative Analysis of Nurses' Written Records of Parenting Counseling and Peer Discussions, 225
11 Communication, Perception, and Behaviour During a Natural Disaster Involving a "Do Not Drink" and a Subsequent "Boil Water" Notice: A Postal Questionnaire Study, 247
