News Media and Disasters: Navigating Old Challenges and New Opportunities in the Digital Age

Monahan, Brian; Ettinger, Matthew

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-63254-4_23

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“…We began by examining the temporal trends of the incident based on news volume, and distinguished the four phases, namely, the initial period, the outbreak period, the continuation period, and the ending period ( Figure 2 and Figure 3 ). This is in line with the life cycle of news reporting on an emergency incident, according to journalism and communication studies [ 52 , 53 , 54 ].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 79%

Characterizing News Report of the Substandard Vaccine Case of Changchun Changsheng in China: A Text Mining Approach

Zhou

Lyu

et al. 2020

Vaccines

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Background: The substandard vaccine case of that broke out in July 2018 in China triggered an outburst of news reports both domestically and aboard. Distilling the abundant textual information is helpful for a better understanding of the character during this public event. Methods: We collected the texts of 2211 news reports from 83 mainstream media outlets in China between 15 July and 25 August 2018, and used a structural topic model (STM) to identify the major topics and features that emerged. We also used dictionary-based sentiment analysis to uncover the sentiments expressed by the topics as well as their temporal variations. Results: The main topics of the news report fell into six major categories, including: (1) Media Investigation, (2) Response from the Top Authority, (3) Government Action, (4) Knowledge Dissemination, (5) Finance Related and (6) Commentary. The topic prevalence shifted during different stages of the events, illustrating the actions by the government. Sentiments generally spanned from negative to positive, but varied according to different topics. Conclusion: The characteristics of news reports on vaccines are shaped by various topics at different stages. The inner dynamics of the topic and its alterations are driven by the interaction between social sentiment and governmental intervention.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 79%

Characterizing News Report of the Substandard Vaccine Case of Changchun Changsheng in China: A Text Mining Approach

Zhou

Lyu

et al. 2020

Vaccines

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“… stressed that the local government plays a critical role in reducing risk. Monahan & Ettinger and Douglas & Wildavsky suggested that the public media plays a secondary role in disaster policies. In fact, modular emergency resource reservation in CIPs is a strategic decision behavior of decision makers.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Optimal decision model for emergency resource reserves in chemical industrial parks in China: A risk perception perspective

Wang

Wei

2019

Process Safety Progress

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A chemical industrial park (CIP) is a concentrated area of firms that are engaged in the manufacture of a large variety of chemicals. The occurrence of accidents in CIPs in China has significantly increased in recent years, thereby posing tremendous threats to people, property, and ecosystems. This study aims to establish a model for reducing disaster risk by balancing the budget for the emergency reserve strategy and the fluke psychology of managers. The research uses the probabilistic approach and the stochastic programming model to address disaster uncertainty. A scenario-based stochastic model for optimum modular emergency resources is established, which simultaneously seeks to maximize the satisfaction degree and minimize the penalty costs when managerial risk perception is considered. In addition, the simulation study proves that the model has practical and theoretical contributions for reserve strategies and managerial risk perception for a risky concentration area.

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“…The material that follows focuses on individuals' patterns of information seeking, emotional responses, and intimate disaster response, including social media (Correa et al, 2016;DeYoung et al, 2019;Monahan & Ettinger, 2018). We identify the following three often overlapping questions, namely, (1) the believability of the mobile-mediated alert ipso facto, (2) the subsequent verification activities, and (3) the socio-expressive reaction to the alert.…”

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THIS IS NOT A DRILL: Mobile Telephony, Information Verification, and Expressive Communication During Hawaii’s False Missile Alert

Ling

Oppegaard

2021

Social Media + Society

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On Saturday, 13 January 2018, residents of Hawaii received a chilling message through their smartphones. It read, in all caps, BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. The message was mistakenly sent, but many residents lived in a threatened state of mind for the 38 minutes it took before a retraction was made. This study is based on a survey of 418 people who experienced the alert, recollecting their immediate responses, including how they attempted to verify the alert and how they used their mobile devices and social media for expressive interactions during the alert period. With the ongoing testing in the United States of nationwide Wireless Emergency Alerts, along with similar expansions of these systems in other countries, the event in Hawaii serves to illuminate how people understand and respond to mobile-based alerts. It shows the extreme speed that information—including misinformation—can flow in an emergency, and, for many, expressive communication affects people’s reactions.

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News Media and Disasters: Navigating Old Challenges and New Opportunities in the Digital Age

Cited by 23 publications

References 52 publications

Characterizing News Report of the Substandard Vaccine Case of Changchun Changsheng in China: A Text Mining Approach

Characterizing News Report of the Substandard Vaccine Case of Changchun Changsheng in China: A Text Mining Approach

Optimal decision model for emergency resource reserves in chemical industrial parks in China: A risk perception perspective

THIS IS NOT A DRILL: Mobile Telephony, Information Verification, and Expressive Communication During Hawaii’s False Missile Alert

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