Mass media and its role in increasing society's involvement in disaster management

Soltani, Fatemeh

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“…False information is easily spread through social media (Hansson et al, 2020). Therefore, public awareness and education of the people should be strengthened while delivering information by media (Soltani, 2015). Some challenges in accessing the news and information during the disasters are poor hearing and eyesight, don't have any devices or channels to assess information, having no skills in using the devices, poor signals (no internet nor radio signals), broken cell towers due to disasters, cannot read, or lack of knowledge.…”

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The Role of Media for Communication During the Disaster

Yuliana

2023

Jasispol

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Purpose: This paper aims to describe the role of media in communication during the disaster. Research methodology: This paper is a narrative literature review. The articles were taken from Science Direct and Google Scholar. The articles were selected based on the title, abstract, and full-text screening. Results: Results revealed that the roles of media are essential such as making people understand the types of disaster risk, providing information and solution for managing risks, engaging people power, disseminating information, hosting a discussion between government and people, also creating a sharing idea platform, and communicating emotions. Media language and communication type must be well prepared to disseminate the right information at the precise time. In conclusion, the media’s role is essential in disseminating information, solutions, and emotions among people during a disaster. Therefore, the language and communication type must be carefully selected to deliver precise information at the right time. Contribution: Social and disaster management Limitations: The specific media should be determined in a research to compare the role of each media equally.

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The Role of Media for Communication During the Disaster

Yuliana

2023

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“…It was observed that media can increase awareness and society involvement in disaster. [ 15 ] They have also made deliberate attempts to have better connectivity with improved telecommunication and transporting facilities. EMDs delivered faster definitive care, while inevitable delays in obtaining cross consultation may occur in a multidisciplinary casualty set up, delaying definitive treatment.…”

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Setting up and functioning of an Emergency Medicine Department: Lessons learned from a preliminary study

Asish

Suresh

2016

Indian J Anaesth

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Background and Aims:Tertiary care teaching hospitals remain referral centres for victims of trauma and mass casualty. Often specialists from various disciplines manage these crowded casualty areas. These age old casualty areas are being replaced, throughout the country by Emergency Medicine Departments (EMDs), presumed to be better planned to confront a crisis. We aimed to gather basic data contributive in setting up of an EMD at a tertiary care teaching hospital from the lessons learned from functioning existent systems.Methods:This is primarily a questionnaire-based descriptive study at tertiary care referral centres across the country, which was purposively selected. The study models included one from a hospital without designated EMD and the other four from hospitals with established EMDs. Direct observation and focus group meetings with experienced informants at these hospitals contributed to the data. In the absence of a validated hospital preparedness assessment scale, comparison was done with regard to quantitative, qualitative and corroborative parameters using descriptive analysis.Results:The EMDs at best practice models were headed by specialist in Emergency Medicine assisted by organised staff, had protocols for managing mass casualty incident (MCI), separate trauma teams, ergonomic use of infrastructure and public education programmes. In this regard, these hospitals seemed well organised to manage MCIs and disasters.Conclusion:The observation may provide a preliminary data useful in setting up an EMD. In the absence of published Indian literature, this may facilitate further research in this direction. Anaesthesiologists, presently an approved Faculty in Emergency Medicine training can provide creative input with regard to its initial organisation and functioning, thus widening our horizons in a country where there is a severe dearth of trained emergency physicians.

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“…Studies suggest that media is the strongest weapon in case of crisis and MCIs, which makes it very important to highlight the activities of the media in Karachi in the aftermath of MCIs (12).…”

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Role of media and the media hypes in the aftermath of mass casualty incidents a qualitative thematic content analysis

2022

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Objectives: To explore the role of media during mass casualty events and its impact on the people. Method: The qualitative thematic content analysis was conducted at Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, from 2028 to 2020 and comprised semi-structured in-depth interviews and focus group discussions involving participants from the health sector and policymakers at the provincial level. Besides, frontline workers such as the ambulance drivers and the first-aid-givers were also included. Data was subjected to conventional content analysis to generate themes. Results: There were 5 in-depth interviews and 4 focus group discussions in the study. Qualitative analysis revealed that the media has a great deal to do in times of a disaster. The media is the strongest weapon and largely impacts people's mind and behaviour, but it has been playing with their emotions and creating unrest among them. Conclusion: There is a need for the policymakers to set guidelines and define the role of the media in times of a disaster. Key Words: Mass casualty, Media, Catastrophe.

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Mass media and its role in increasing society's involvement in disaster management

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The Role of Media for Communication During the Disaster

The Role of Media for Communication During the Disaster

Setting up and functioning of an Emergency Medicine Department: Lessons learned from a preliminary study

Role of media and the media hypes in the aftermath of mass casualty incidents a qualitative thematic content analysis

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