Media plays a very important role in every stage of disaster management. How can media involve itself or what is the the role that media can play to reduce the disaster risk.
The top researcher in this field was Joe T. Scanlon who published on it for decades, with some examples from among many:
1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3135007
2. http://cidbimena.desastres.hn/pdf/eng/doc13422/doc13422-contenido.pdf
3. https://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=HulMBgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA233https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-0-387-32353-4_24
4. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-0-387-32353-4_24
There are plenty more by searching for his name.
Following are the roles of media:
1) The media forges a direct link between the public and emergency organizations and plays a very important role in disseminating vital information to the public before, during and after disasters.
2) The media assists in the management of disasters by educating the public about disasters; warning of hazards, gathering and transmitting information about affected areas; alerting government officials; relief organizations and the public to specific needs, and facilitating discussions about disaster preparedness and response for continuous improvement.
3) To help the media fulfil these roles, direct and effective working relationships between the media and disaster management organizations should be established and maintained.
Dear Raju, in my opinion you could consult Disaster Risk Communication literature. Although this field does not exclusively focus on media’s role on DRM/DRR/Resilience, it has a lot of works that reflect on media’s role. Look this, for instance: “The Effectiveness of Disaster Risk Communication: A Systematic Review of Intervention Studies” by Bradley et al. (2014). DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371%2Fcurrents.dis.349062e0db1048bb9fc3a3fa67d8a4f8
All my best, Vicente
Kindly refer following for some thoughts...
Bernhardsdottir, A. E., Musacchio, G., Ferreira, M. A., & Falsaperla, S. (2016). Informal education for disaster risk reduction. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 14(7), 2105-2116.
Aghaei, N., Seyedin, H., & Sanaeinasab, H. (2018). Strategies for disaster risk reduction education: A systematic review. Journal of education and health promotion, 7.
Roy, K. (2018). Understanding crisis communication and mobility resilience during disasters from social media.
There are certain important concepts some contained in “Psychological First Aid” material that would be relevant and helpful to put into a “Public Service Announcement” (PSA) or into a YouTube message both of which I have worked on .These concepts can help with respect to preparing to minimize problems before a disaster occurs, how to deal with situation and feelings during a disaster and then how to cope post disaster with respect to recovery, support and coping with feelings. This model well known can to some extend limit the trauma of a disaster and provide a safer way to cope before, during and post disaster and how to achieve reasonable recovery.
Specific attention should be given to vulnerable postulations such as those with disability, the frail, the homeless, those living in poverty, etc.
Diane Bridgeman, Ph.D.
The media do not always have a positive effect, they may have a positive or negative effect on increasing or decreasing each stage of preparation, response and recovery on the resilience of society.
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