symposium :
Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Europe, june 2007
Disaster & Media in Europe: A quantitative approach.
Chair : Dominique Dolisy-Bonnetaud (Institut Européen des Risques)
Presentations :
Anne Lalo (Université de Nice)
Media-coverage of the AZF-disaster: Number of articles and mayor players in the field.
Impact of disaster and disaster reporting on public opinion.
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Margôt Kuttschreuter (University of Twente)
Fireworks disaster, portrayal of governmental authorities & risk communication policy
The study relates the disaster and its coverage in the media to developments in risk communication policy.
Method: Content analyses was performed on the articles in the mass media which covered the role of overnmental authorities (n=2.974). Additionally, in-depth interviews were carried out among members of key institutions involved in risk communication policy.
Results: Tone-of-voice in the media related to governmental authorities was neutral to slightly negative; the local newspaper proved to be the least critical. Articles on governmental authorities were more often framed from a responsibility or conflict point of view as opposed to articles which did not cover governmental authorities. Preliminary results on the interviews among risk communication policy makers indicated that the disaster and its media coverage played a significant role in the development of the digital risk map.
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