1st Edition

Effective Communication During Disasters Making Use of Technology, Media, and Human Resources

Edited By Girish Bobby Kapur, Sarah Bezek, Jonathan Dyal Copyright 2016
310 Pages 11 Color & 40 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

310 Pages 11 Color & 40 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

310 Pages 11 Color & 40 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. In today’s world, there are new opportunities for disaster communications through modern technology and social media. Social network applications such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram can connect friends, family, first responders, and those providing relief and assistance. However, social media and other modern communication tools... Read more

Preparing for Effective Communications During Disasters: Lessons from a World Health Organization Quality Improvement Project

Laura N. Medford-Davis and G.Bobby Kapur

Information Dissemination Analysis of Different Mediatowards the Application for Disaster Pre-Warning

Nan Zhang, Hong Huang, Boni Su, Jinlong Zhao, and Bo Zhang

The Effectiveness of Disaster Risk Communication: A Systematic Review of Intervention Studies

Declan T Bradley, Marie McFarland, and Mike Clarke

Near-Real-Time Analysis of Publicly Communicated Disaster Response Information

Trevor Girard, Friedemann Wenzel, Bijan Khazai, Tina Kunz-Plapp,

James E. Daniell, and Susan A. Brink

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

Olga Anikeeva, Malinda Steenkamp, and Paul Arbon

Resilient Disaster Network Based on Software Defined Cognitive Wireless Network Technology

Goshi Sato, Noriki Uchida, and Yoshitaka Shibata

Web 2.0 and Internet Social Networking: A New tool for Disaster Management? Lessons from Taiwan

Cheng-Min Huang, Edward Chan, and Adnan A. Hyder

Global Health and Natural Disaster Alerts: Preparing Mobile Phones to Endure the Unthinkable

Wladimir J. Alonso, Cynthia Schuck-Paim, and Ghassem R. Asrar

What it Takes to Get Passed On: Message Content, Style, and Structure as Predictors of Retransmission in the Boston Marathon Bombing Response

Jeannette Sutton, C. Ben Gibson, Emma S. Spiro, Cedar League,

Sean M. Fitzhugh, and Carter T. Butts

Leveraging Public Health Nurses for Disaster Risk Communication in Fukushima City: A Qualitative Analysis of Nurses’ Written Records of Parenting Counseling and Peer Discussions

Aya Goto, Rima E. Rudd, Alden .Y Lai, Kazuki Yoshida, Yuu Suzuki Donald D. Halstead, Hiromi Yoshida-Komiya, and Michael R. Reich

Communication, Perception, and Behaviour During a Natural Disaster Involving a "Do Not Drink" anda Subsequent "Boil Water" Notice: A Postal Questionnaire Study

Gabriella Rundblad, Olivia Knapton, and Paul R. Hunter

Biography

Girish Bobby Kapur, Sarah Bezek, Jonathan Dyal