Mass Media Systems and Community Hazards and Disasters

正在对危险和灾害情况下的大众媒体系统进行研究。该项目的主要研究目标包括：建立灾害前后当地大众传播系统的总体概况，并通过比较报纸、广播和电视台在正常和紧急时间的组织结构、新闻处理活动和内容制作，对报纸、广播和电视进行系统检查，并分析紧急经验的短期和长期影响。将对实地收集的数据进行定量和其他类型的分析。制定了一项促进规划者和研究人员利用研究成果的计划，其中包括举办一次特别讲习班，编写一份针对从业人员的文件，以及为学术期刊出版出版物。

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.