DISASTER COMMUNICATION ON ONLINE NEWS PORTAL TRIBUNNEWS MARCH 2020 EDITION AS DISASTER MANAGEMENT SUPPORT

Disaster communication management is vital in disaster prevention, mitigation, and risk reduction efforts. This study aims to develop the concept of disaster communication management through disaster information management in Karo Regency. The study was conducted using a qualitative research method in the form of a single holistic case study to develop the concept of disaster communication management through the management of the Karo Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) website. The object of this study is disaster communication management, while the subject is the Karo Regency BPBD website management team. Data collection was carried out through interviews and observations. Data was validated through FGD. Data analysis was carried out by reducing data, categorizing it, and concluding the results. The results of this study show that disaster communication management carried out by the Karo Regency BPBD in managing disaster management information in an integrated manner is carried out with an approach in disaster communication management that includes planning, organizing, implementing, and evaluating. The study also found a disaster communication management model through information management as a conclusion of this study. This study contributes recommendations for disaster communication management concepts in managing disaster information for the Karo Regency BPBD by adding the supervision aspect as a digital-based disaster communication management framework.

Disaster communication is important in improving community preparedness because it can help convey information and instructions for the community to face and respond to disasters effectively. This study aims to analyse the role of communication in disaster management in Indonesia based on a review of various related literature sources. The research uses literature study approach, analysing the publication of communication science journals discussing communication and natural disasters in Indonesia. The data sources include various relevant scientific publications, since the year 2000. The results showed that: 1) The types of natural disasters that are the main concern in the publication of communication journals in Indonesia are disasters on a national and regional scale such as floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. 2) Various communication topics include disaster communication for community mitigation and preparedness, public communication and social media in disasters, crisis communication and disaster communication management, communication and community participation in disasters, as well as disaster communication and vulnerability issues of vulnerable groups. 3) Efforts to bridge the gap between research and disaster management practice are challenges that must be faced so that communication science can make a greater contribution to improving the effectiveness of disaster management and mitigation in Indonesia.

Disaster information acquisition by residents of China's earthquake-stricken areas

DR4 communication in the South African context: A conceptual paper

Disaster is defined as what creates an imbalance in the normal and routine course of human lives. Therefore, disaster management is an applied science that uses analysis of previous disasters and recent scientific and technological advancements to find solutions for prevention or counter the effects of disasters. In this regard, mass media can increase the awareness of society about disasters and increase the society's involvement in disaster (SID) management, taking an effective step in reducing the adverse effects of disasters, and in time help prevent future ones. The aim of this study is to investigate the role of mass media and their effectiveness in disaster management especially in improving public involvement in disaster management. This study uses simple review method by searching for relevant information incredible scientific websites, scientific texts, and scientific articles. In this regard databases such as Magiran, Google Scholar, and Science Direct SID were investigated between years 2001 and 2014. The results of these searches revealed that several studies investigate the different viewpoints about the role of media in disaster management with the consensus being that mass media can be an effective tool for dealing with disasters and disastrous situations. In most studies, the conclusion is that without the help of national and mass media, it is impossible to achieve an effective disaster management. Finally, we concluded that media can play an important role in all stages of a disaster from before the disaster to after a disaster and rebuilding efforts. Mass media can improve the public's awareness and educate the people and also improve the SID management.

The purpose of this study was to analyze disaster communication management activities carried out by the Sleman Emergency Operation Center in coordinating disaster information and identifying information coordination that occurred between Kab. Sleman, community, and non-governmental organizations @merapi_news. This study used descriptive qualitative method. Data search is done by in-depth interviews with parties involved in the disaster management process, namely Supervisors, Operators of PB Emergency Operations District. Sleman, the private organization @Merapi_news, and the Sleman community. The results of the study showed that the Sleman Emergency Operation Center was still not maximal in the implementation of the disaster communication management process. The lack of coordination of information that causes miss communication and distribution of disaster information to the community is often too late, the use of Instagram social media is not optimal by the Sleman Emergency Operation Center, and mitigation needs to be done simultaneously both BPBD and Pusdalops to shape the attitudes and knowledge of the community and implementing officers in disaster management.

BackgroundVietnam is one of the countries most impacted by disasters in Asia- Pacific. Floods, droughts and storms are the most common catastrophes. These risks endanger millions of lives and create massive financial and production losses. ObjectiveThis study aims at reviewing the disaster risk management (DRM) system in Vietnam, identifying progress and challenges of this system, hence making recommendations for improving the system for better responding with natural hazards. MethodThe study uses PSR model (Pressure- State- Response) in combination with DRM management framework by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to evaluate DRM system in Vietnam with 5 aspects: (i) DRM regulatory framework (ii) DRM organization (iii) DRM financial resources (iv) DRM integration in to plans at central and local levels (v) Disaster warning and education. The data collection consists of reviewing existing literature and interviewing key informants in DRM. ResultsDisasters is a serious threat to Vietnam’s socio economic development. To respond, Vietnam has made many efforts including develop a comprehensive legal framework for DRM which Law on Disaster Prevention and Control takes the key role. Vietnam has also established a fairly well organized DRM system from the central to local levels. The financial sources for DRM are arranged from State budget and sources outside State budget. Vietnam has developed major policies for integrating DRM into development plans centrally and locally. The disaster information and warning system is being modernized with the integration of disaster education in training programs. Challenges in DRM are identified, including institutional, financial and information issues. In addition, Vietnam is facing the increase of disasters and extreme climate events due to climate change. Covid 19 and its socio-economic consequences also lead to a lack of resources for DRM. Economic development moreover results in the decline of ecosystem-based disaster mitigation works and put more pressures on DRM. RecommendationsIn the future, Vietnam should develop an information-sharing network between ministries, sectors, localities and NGOs to support the policy formulation process and enhance the coordination of multi-stakeholders. The country should also establish more proper funding allocation mechanisms to fulfill DRM’s demands, especially for disaster preparedness and reconstruction phases.

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to combine disaster risk reduction (DRR) and communication management literature to investigate the challenges and opportunities encountered when stakeholders spontaneously self-organise communication efforts during a disaster. The 2017 Knysna Fire Disaster in South Africa is used as the context.Design/methodology/approachThe qualitative, exploratory research was supported by data obtained through thematic analysis of qualitative in-depth interviews and the Facebook page created by the community. Information from the disaster debrief was also included.FindingsThe findings suggest that disaster information needs to be sent every 30 s to a minute to coordinate rescue and relief efforts. The challenges for disaster management teams to manage this mammoth task and the role that the self-organising community played in assisting the communication process was found not to be recognised in disaster management policies or systems. This adversely affected the work of the disaster management team and stakeholder relationship.Research limitations/implicationsThis study focussed on one disaster. Future studies could possibly compare various disaster examples to provide even greater insight into the self-organising communicative behaviour of those affected by disasters.Originality/valueThe research gives one of the first clear indications of the scope of disaster communication needed during a disaster. It also highlights the community’s ability to contribute to communication management during a disaster, and which is not catered for in the practice, guidelines or management systems used for disaster management.

This study examines the portrayal of New Genetic Technologies (NGTs), particularly CRISPR/Cas9, in German mass media from 2012 to 2023 — a period marked by significant advancements in biotechnology and pivotal regulatory developments within the European Union. Recognizing the media’s critical role in shaping public perception and affecting policy, we analyzed articles from four major German newspapers: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung, taz, and DIE WELT. Employing topic modelling and frame analysis, we identified prevailing topics and interpretative frames within the coverage, thereby assessing broader trends in issue coverage and particular ways media portrayed NGT adoption in the agricultural sector as well as the food industry. In the course of our analysis, we first find notable media interest and an increasing share of articles reporting on the latter. Second, the topic model uncovered two dominant topics, which we labelled accordingly: agriculture & food production and medicine & human health, with the former likewise gaining prominence in recent years. Third, our frame analysis indicated that positive frames — particularly progress and agricultural productivity — were more prevalent than critical frames like ecology and public rejection. Following a historically critical media perspective surveyed by the existing literature on traditional genetic technologies, our findings suggest a media shift towards a more favorable portrayal of NGTs, especially in the context of agriculture. In light of these results, our study underscores the media’s potential influence on public attitudes and regulatory outcomes concerning NGTs.

Recently many research works were conducted to extend traditional database techniques to accommodate the new requirements of space and time combining information mainly on moving objects expression. A research in Disaster Information Management System (DIMaS) modeling in Indonesia that was based on space and time aspect has been designed as Spatio-Temporal Disaster Information Management System called Spatem DIMaS. It is an information system which cope disaster event that have a lot of certain or uncertain condition. Therefore it is essential to have comprehensive and accessible disaster information systems which describe all kind of possible hazard information based on space and time aspects during all the stages of the disaster management cyclic. There is a widespread understanding among researchers that Information Systems can increase the efficiency of the system. Especially in Disaster Management System such as Spatem DIMaS which is using spatio-temporal database, disaster information should be oriented to fulfill all users' needs of disaster information in term of space and time. In Indonesia, according to Guide Lines of Pusdalops-PB — National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Indonesia 2011 is stated that existing information systems largely ignore the user's point of view. Therefore how the information should be extracted from spatio-temporal disaster database become as an important issue. It is depend on how query can be defined to extract disaster information in term of space or time only or both space and time to fulfill user disaster information needs. Further how Spatem DIMaS should be implemented by the DSE Research Group in ITB raise as a big challenge. Up to now the model of spatem DIMaS database system has been designed and at present the prototype of this system is begun to develop. Important task of the prototype preparation is to breakdown and to explain how the query will be implemented according to spatio-temporal database model. In this article an elaboration of Disaster Management System by National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) that suitable to the Spatem DIMaS will be done and how query should be prepared will be expressed more detail.

Background: Community-based interventions can be effective due to the active participations of communities in pre- and post-disaster planning and management. Effective community-based disaster management for health promotion can be achieved by learning from the successful local and international experiences of community participations. Thus, this study is aimed to identify the community active participation approaches which were effective in promoting the health of disaster-affected communities. Methods: This systematic review was conducted and reported based on PRISMA guideline. Web of Sciences, PubMed and Scopus were searched using the selected keywords. The inclusion criteria were all forms of published articles which studied the approaches of community active participations for improving their health in disasters. The selection of articles was conducted using the titles and abstracts. Data analysis was done based on the categorization of different community-based disaster management approaches. Results: 10 articles were finally selected out of 2843 documents generated by initial search. Asian countries considered community involvements in disaster management the most (40%). The most community active participations in disaster management were conducted in the recovery phase (80%). Approaches of community-based disaster management for the health promotion were two-way university-community participation, focusing on empowering specific community groups, governance, and localizing community participation as well as strengthening social networks. Conclusion: Considering the capacities of academic institutions for active participation in community-based disaster management according to the Yokohama, Hyogo and Sendai Framework is highly suggested. Further research is needed to explore the challenges of community communication and information in disasters.

It is not only because of climate change that many societies today face devastating hazards, but Asian countries like Vietnam must deal with emergencies that can have natural or man-made causes. Examples include earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, landslides, droughts, and pandemics, such as the recent COVID-19.Therefore, disaster risk management is an important task for all governments and the mass media. Not only does the mass media play a pivotal role before, during, and after disasters occur, but it is also responsible for raising awareness of potential risks and measures to mitigate the negative impacts of disasters. Monitoring disasters and initiating countermeasures are two particularly important tasks for all those responsible for disaster management.However, how can the media gain the trust of the public when reporting on disasters that are already taking place? Even nations with a wealth of experience in dealing with such events, such as the USA and Japan, have faced criticism from the public in the past for their disaster communication strategies. After all, although people often panic during catastrophic events and then demand immediate responses, it always takes time to determine the reasons for a disaster and for communicative problems as well. This chapter discusses disaster communication in Vietnam by analyzing a specific case, the communication during the 2020 floods in central Vietnam. It then identifies the causes of the communication problems and proposes solutions to the challenge of securing public trust. The research results are based on the analysis of disaster communication in the context of a case study; methodologically, we rely on content analysis.KeywordsDisasterCommunicationTrustVietnam

Magelang Regency is a disaster-prone area due to its proximity to the active Mount Merapi. Babadan Hamlet, is one of the settlements around Mount Merapi that is at high risk of being affected by the eruption. Effective disaster communication will increase community awareness, facilitate disaster evacuation, and accelerate the post-disaster recovery process. This research aims to analyze disaster communication management in Babadan Hamlet. This research uses a qualitative case study method, by collecting data through interviews with the Regional Disaster Management Agency of Magelang Regency, Paten village disaster management, opinion leader of Babadan hamlet, and residents of Babadan hamlet. Data validation was conducted through source triangulation. The results showed (1) that disaster management in Babadan hamlet is currently at the preparedness stage, (2) the disaster management cycle is that the current situation in Babadan hamlet is in the before disaster situation, (3) there is a communication pattern from the BPBD to OPRB, then forwarded to the community. This research is useful in the Babadan Hamlet area, Magelang Regency, with a focus on the discipline of disaster communication management. The results of the study can be used to improve community preparedness policies and programs and provide insight for academics and practitioners in the field of disaster mitigation.

Mount Merapi is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia and poses a serious threat to the people of Sleman, especially following the 2010 eruption that caused significant damage and loss of life. Although Indonesia has a developed disaster management system, effective disaster communication remains a challenge, particularly in delivering information that is timely, accurate, and easily understood by the public. This research aims to explore the role of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Sleman Regency in disaster communication, specifically related to the mitigation and management of Mount Merapi disasters. The research method employs a qualitative descriptive approach, with data collection techniques conducted through in-depth interviews with the Head of BPBD and the Head of the BPBD Secretariat of Sleman Regency, as well as with the community and disaster awareness groups. The data analysis technique used is the Miles & Huberman Model, and data triangulation is performed to ensure data validity. The results of this study indicate that the BPBD of Sleman Regency plays a crucial role in disaster communication, both in mitigation and disaster management. Effective communication is supported by strategies for delivering accurate messages, using easily understandable language, ensuring accessibility and inclusivity, as well as collaboration and coordination with various stakeholders. This study recommends strengthening cross-sector coordination and enhancing community capacity to understand disaster information in order to improve preparedness for Mount Merapi disaster.

With the rising occurrence of disasters at home and abroad, the disasters threatening the public’s life and health, such as natural disasters, have become larger and more complicated. It is very essential to establish the disaster management cooperation system joined by citizens and civic groups. In conventional disaster management system, Disaster Information (DI) is provided by 3G mobile and DMB service. However, it is urgent to build a disaster management system which can respond to disasters effectively depending on their patterns. This study proposed a DI alert system in ubiquitous environments, which provides DI in ubiquitous technology and the network technology supporting Beacon and smart mobile. To do that, this study used the Python-based to design DI web service and implemented the system that collects DI generated in disaster area and Beacon information around the area and provides a DI alert to the smart mobile devices of DI service users.