Crisis and Risk Communication Research in Colombia

Risk and Crisis Communication in Colombia: a Case Study from Medellín

“…It therefore enables experts to gain a good situational picture, while the app -with somewhat reduced functionality -is well suited to inform the citizens about some key risks such as inundations. It can therefore be said that -at least in the Medellín area -risk communication is now focusing clearly towards risk awareness, prevention, early warning, and preparation, contrary to previous findings in [1], which pointed out that in most cases analysed so far, the focus of risk and crisis communication by authorities was more on reaction than on preparedness.…”

“…Until recently, only limited research on risk and crisis communication has been undertaken in Colombia [1], and scientific discussions have mostly been related to armed conflict and the drug-trafficking crisis [1], because those two issues had an important impact on the country's society in the past. Some studies on the coverage of natural disasters by the media exist, and they show that media tend to dramatize natural disasters if they happen [2], and that media rather focus on personal tragedies related to such disasters instead of focusing on the causes of and responsibilities for the disasters [3].…”

El desastre de Salgar en Teleantioquia Noticias: narrativas mediáticas, rasgos institucionales y estrategias de reconocimiento para las audiencias

“…En Colombia los desastres relacionados con causas naturales o socio-naturales hacen parte con relativa frecuencia de la agenda de los noticieros. En los cubrimientos que los medios informativos colombianos hacen de los desastres se privilegian las consecuencias y, generalmente, queda en un segundo plano el debate sobre las posibles responsabilidades humanas, la prevención y la gestión del riesgo de desastres -GRD en adelante- (Arroyave & Erazo-Coronado, 2016;Barrios, Arroyave & Vega, 2017;Hermelin, 2007Hermelin, , 2013Ibarra, 2011;Lima Beltrán, 2013;Miralles, 2009;Obregón, Arroyave & Barrios, 2009.…”