Mass Media Systems and Community Hazards and Disasters

对危险和灾害情况下的大众媒体系统的研究是 正在进行中 该项目的主要研究目标包括： 发展地方大众传播系统的总体概况 在灾害发生之前和之后， 报纸，广播和电视，通过比较他们的正常和 紧急时间组织结构，新闻处理活动， 和内容的制作，并分析短期和长期的 紧急情况的影响。 实地收集的数据将 进行定量分析和其他类型的分析。 的计划 促进规划人员利用研究成果， 研究人员已经制定了包括举行一个特别研讨会， 并编写一份针对从业人员的文件， 出版学术期刊。

Research on mass media systems in hazard and disaster situations is underway. The major research objectives of the project include: developing an overall profile of local mass communication systems before and after disasters, and undertaking a systematic examination of newspaper, radio, and television outlets by comparing their normal and emergency time organizational structures, newsprocessing activities, and productions of content and analyzing short-run and longer-term effects of the emergency experience. Data collected in the field will be subjected to quantitative and other types of analyses. A plan to facilitate the utilization of research results by planners and researchers has been devised which includes holding a special workshop and preparing a document aimed at practitioners as well as producing publications for scholarly journals.