RAPID: When Online is Off: Communicating in Disaster Following the February 22, 2011 Christchurch, NZ Earthquake

RAPID：当网络关闭时：2011 年 2 月 22 日新西兰基督城地震后灾难中的沟通

• 批准号: 1138901
• 负责人: Jeannette Sutton
• 金额: $ 2.92万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-07-15 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1138901&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; When; Online; Off; Communicating

The February 22, 2011 earthquake in Christchurch New Zealand, an aftershock of a larger earthquake in September 2010, caused significant infrastructure and economic damage, and life loss, to a modern city with similar population characteristics as US metropolitan communities. In the days and weeks following the earthquake, various risk communication strategies were utilized to reach individuals affected by the ongoing aftershocks, including online networked communications. By collecting data on access to and use of online information in this critical period following the earthquake, this project will advance knowledge about information and communication capacities as they affect coping and resiliency in the aftermath of disaster. Specifically, the project examines the effects of reliance on online communications on individual coping ability and community recovery, and on the role of networked online communication among those directly affected by disaster. These questions will be examined through a series of focus groups and a household survey in the disaster-affected area. INTELLECTUAL MERIT: This research will address key questions about information access in disaster; the effectiveness of crisis communications using networked online technology; and links between information access and resiliency among disaster-affected populations. It will make substantial contributions to the literature on "crisis informatics" due to the fact that this study will include a representative sample of a disaster affected community rather than just technology users who are utilizing social media. It will also contribute knowledge to the effects of information access on perceptions of community resiliency, in a metropolitan area, linked to shifting communication capacities in disaster. BROADER IMPACTS: The project will address the effect of networked communications, and its absence, on coping post disaster and has the potential to inform policy at the local, state, and national levels and to improve resiliency in U.S. communities. Outcomes from this project will include written reports, peer-reviewed articles, and presentations to a number of audiences including the U.S. Natural Hazards Workshop. This research will also provide support for one researcher from an underrepresented STEM group.

2011年2月22日发生在新西兰基督城的地震是2010年9月一次更大地震的余震，对一个人口特征与美国大都市社区相似的现代化城市造成了重大的基础设施和经济损失以及生命损失。在地震发生后的几天和几周内，利用各种风险宣传战略，包括在线网络宣传，向受持续余震影响的个人进行宣传。通过收集地震后这一关键时期在线信息的获取和使用数据，该项目将增进对信息和通信能力的了解，因为它们影响灾后应对和复原力。具体而言，该项目审查了依赖在线通信对个人应对能力和社区恢复的影响，以及对联网在线通信在直接受灾者中的作用的影响。这些问题将通过一系列重点小组和受灾地区的家庭调查加以审查。知识专长：这项研究将解决以下关键问题：灾害中的信息获取;利用联网在线技术进行危机通信的有效性;以及受灾人口的信息获取和复原力之间的联系。它将对“危机信息学”文献作出重大贡献，因为这项研究将包括受灾害影响社区的代表性样本，而不仅仅是使用社交媒体的技术用户。它还将有助于了解信息获取对大都市地区社区复原力的影响，这与灾害中不断变化的通信能力有关。更广泛的影响：该项目将解决网络通信的影响，以及它的缺乏，应对灾后，并有可能在地方，州和国家层面的政策，并提高美国的弹性社区。该项目的成果将包括书面报告、同行评议的文章以及向包括美国自然灾害研讨会在内的许多受众进行的演示。这项研究还将为一个代表性不足的STEM小组的一名研究人员提供支持。