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Media and Disaster Risk Reduction: Advances, Challenges and Potentials
Media and Disaster Risk Reduction: Advances, Challenges and Potentials
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The book analyzes the role of media in disaster risk reduction, highlighting the importance of collaboration, co-design, and co-delivery with other stakeholders. It emphasizes the proactive roles of media in disaster risk reduction, including early warning, perception enhancement, and community engagement. It also highlights the need for resilient media infrastructure and media literacy, as well as media governance to prioritize disaster risk reduction initiatives. The book is a valuable resource for students, researchers, academics, policy-makers, and development practitioners.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 249 pages
Publication date: 18 March 2022
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore
This comprehensive book delves into the latest developments, trends, challenges, and potentialities of the media's role in disaster risk reduction. It emphasizes the effectiveness of collaboration, co-design, and co-delivery with various stakeholders, including science and technology, private sectors, and civil society, in reaching individuals and communities. The media holds immense significance in all phases of disasters, from preparedness and prevention to response and recovery. Different types of media, such as community radio and social media, play proactive roles in disaster risk reduction, requiring robust media infrastructure to ensure uninterrupted coverage.
Media literacy has gained significant importance among various stakeholders, including governments. Moreover, there is a growing emphasis on media governance to examine the priorities of disaster risk reduction initiatives within the media. These efforts aim to foster trust in the media, thereby enhancing people's disaster response actions based on information received from the media before and during disasters.
The book encompasses a wide range of topics related to media, making it a valuable resource for students, researchers, academics, policy-makers, and development practitioners. It provides insights into the latest research, practices, and strategies employed by media organizations to contribute to disaster risk reduction. By examining the multifaceted role of the media in disaster management, this book contributes to the understanding of effective communication and information dissemination during emergencies.
Weight: 409g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789811602870
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021
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