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Books on: earthquake communication

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The Great Earthquake Experiment: Risk Communication and Public Action

Book by Dennis S. Mileti, Colleen Fitzpatrick; Westview Press, 1993

Subjects:

Earthquake Prediction--United States, Risk Communication

Collections: Entire Library

...Earthquake Experiment The Great Earthquake Experiment Risk Communication and Public Action Dennis...programs, land use planning, and communication and education Working Group on Earthquake Hazards Reduction 1978 . President...
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Sicily in Shadow and in Sun: The Earthquake and the American Relief Work

Book by Maud Howe, John Elliott; Little Brown, 1910

Subjects:

Earthquakes--Italy, 1908-1909, Messina (Italy)--Earthquake, 1908

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the moment the news of the earthquake was known in America, the...Try to establish wireless communication between a warship in the...themselves much about the earthquake. I must have more quiet...Those who went down to the earthquake region aged fast as men...
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Earthquake Insurance: A Longitudinal Study of California Homeowners

Book by Risa Palm; Westview Press, 1995

Subjects:

Insurance, Earthquake--California--Longitudinal Studies

Collections: Entire Library

...processes triggering earthquakes and the social...aspects of risk communication and hazard mitigation...program personal communication, Richard Roth...awareness of earthquake insurance. In...experienced the earthquake only indirectly...local media or communications from friends and...
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Illusions of Safety: Culture and Earthquake Hazard Response in California and Japan

Book by Risa Palm, John Carroll; Westview Press, 1998

Subjects:

Disaster Relief--California--Planning--Public Opinion, Disaster Relief--Japan--Planning--Public Opinion, Earthquake Hazard Analysis--California, Earthquake Hazard Analysis--Japan, Earthquakes--Califiornia--Safety Measures--Public Opinion, Earthquakes--California--Public Opinion, Earthquakes--Japan--Public Opinion, Earthquakes--Japan--Safety Measures--Public Opinion

Collections: Entire Library

...information about earthquake hazards. For example...Alexander, personal communication, 1978 . Other...disruption of telephone communication, temporary unemployment...and worry about earthquakes questions discussed...disruption of telephone communication, temporary unemployment...consequence of an earthquake where the sexes...
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Reporting on Risks: The Practice and Ethics of Health and Safety Communication

Book by Jim Willis, Albert Adelowo Okunade; Praeger Publishers, 1997

Subjects:

Health In Mass Media, Health Risk Communication

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

Health and safety risk issues such as AIDS, hazardous waste disposal, airline disasters, and health care policy frequently dominate the news and require a new level of sensitivity and expertise on the part of journalists. This volume focuses on a study of the trends in risk reporting and offers ...
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Health and safety risk issues such as AIDS, hazardous waste disposal, airline disasters, and health care policy frequently dominate the news and require a new level of sensitivity and expertise on the part of journalists. This volume focuses on a study of the trends in risk reporting and offers guidelines on how to report the dangers of these risks more accurately. It also examines the ethical implications of reporting risks to the public. This work will be of interest to those studying communication, specifically in the areas of ethics in journalism and public health and medical reporting.
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Journal Articles on: earthquake communication

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The Kobe Earthquake: Telecommunications Survive at Kobe University

Journal article by Virginia E. Garland Dr., Dr. Mayumi Morimoto; T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education), Vol. 23, 1996

Subjects:

Kobe University--Communication systems

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...tremors from an earthquake ever recorded...Interrupted Several communications-related issues...Volunteers for earthquake relief in the...the more recent communication tools are more...means of personal communication for the first...after the Kobe earthquake due to the lack...
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Interactive Communication Technologies in Business Organizations

Journal article by Everett M. Rogers, Marcel M. Allbritton; The Journal of Business Communication, Vol. 32, 1995

Subjects:

Business communication--Innovations, Interactive computer systems--Usage, Organizational communication--Equipment and supplies

Collections: Entire Library

...operations running at full speed following the Los Angeles earthquake in January, 1994. Later, Chiat Day employees continued to...someplace" (Greengard, 1994). Here again we see how the new communication technologies free individuals from spatial considerations...
3.

Sad is Too Mild a Word: Press Coverage of the Exron Valdez Oil Spill

Journal article by Patrick Daley, Dan O'Neill; Journal of Communication, Vol. 41, 1991

Subjects:

Communication

Collections: Entire Library

...the News Paradigm" Journal of Communication 35(2), Spring 1985 , pp. 50...Deterritorializing Critical Studies in Mass Communication: Towards a Theory of Minor Discourses" Journal of Communication Inquiry 13(2), Summer 1989...
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Hardwired for News: Using Biological and Cultural Evolution to Explain the Surveillance Function

Journal article by Pamela J. Shoemaker; Journal of Communication, Vol. 46, 1996

Subjects:

Communication

Collections: Entire Library

...assassinated, or if a major earthquake ripped through his state...Newhouse School of Public Communication at Syracuse University...news as, for example, coups, earthquakes, murders, and scandals, is...discriminant analysis". Communication Research , 14, 396-414...
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Symposium

Journal article by John P. Robinson, Dennis K. Davis; Journal of Communication, Vol. 40, 1990

Subjects:

Communication

Collections: Entire Library

...and a large number of background and communication variables for all four sets of survey...Adjusted for the four other background and communication variables using Multiple Classification...scores are about average). Interpersonal communication regarding news is also related to...

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Magazine Articles on: earthquake communication

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Gujarat Earthquake

Magazine article by Subhash Sapru; PSA Journal, Vol. 68, July 2002

Subjects:

Earthquakes--India, Gujarat, India Earthquake, 2001--Personal narratives, India--Natural disasters

Collections: Entire Library

...was busy with the Republic Day celebrations and when the earthquake struck, it took time to assess the magnitude of the colossal...January. The basic services like electricity, water supply and communication links also went out of gear. As a result of the enormous...
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Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI): Center of Excellence; Herff College of Engineering

Magazine article by Gary Patterson; Business Perspectives, Vol. 15, Spring 2003

Subjects:

Earthquakes--Research, Engineering--Research, Geological research--Location

Collections: Entire Library

...Outreach Program, which provides technical and non-technical earthquake information to the general public, K-12 teachers and students...federal organizations via all forms of written and electronic communication. Outreach and Education programs currently reach thousands...
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The 1923 Tokyo Earthquake: Implications for Today

Magazine article by Keith Suter; Contemporary Review, Vol. 286, April 2005

Collections: Entire Library

...There were four long-term developments arising from the earthquake. First, the survivors were one of the worlds first group...receive international assistance from a natural disaster. Communication between the disaster area and the rest of Japan and the rest...
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Swept Away: The Epic Disaster in Southeast Asia Has Taken Many Thousands of Lives. as Failures by the Involved Governments Attest, the Relief Efforts Are Best Left to the Private Sector

Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 21, February 7, 2005

Subjects:

Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami, 2004--Personal narratives, Tsunamis--Economic aspects, Tsunamis--Personal narratives

Collections: Entire Library

...informed ... about a massive earthquake near Andamans and Nicobar...Krishnaswamy told reporters. Communications with the stricken island...was likely following the earthquake. "We put out a bulletin within...Southeast Asia devastated by the earthquake and tsunami badly need assistance...
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Avoiding a Subway Disaster

Magazine article by Timothy V. O'Mahony; Security Management, Vol. 34, August 1990

Subjects:

Bay Area Rapid Transit--Safety and security measures, Emergency transportation--Case studies, Local transit--Safety and security measures, Loma Prieta Earthquake, 1989--Reports, Security systems--Case studies

Collections: Entire Library

...were probably the only Bay Area citizens unaware of the earthquake. Operators of those trains learned of the quake by radio and were instructed to stop. Within minutes radio communication to the nearly 40 trains in operation confirmed that damage...

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Newspaper Articles on: earthquake communication

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10 Killed as Massive Earthquake Triggers Tsunami off Indonesia

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), September 13, 2007

Subjects:

Earthquakes--Casualties, Earthquakes--Indonesia, Natural disaster damage--Casualties, Tsunamis--Casualties, Tsunamis--Indonesia

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Indonesia. A massive earthquake killed at least 10 people...initial quake, he said, but a communication blackout was making it difficult...will not touch us here." "Communication is cut, we cant call out...at a depth of 18 miles. "Earthquakes of this size have the potential...
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I Could Have Saved Thousands of Lives; the American Scientist Who First Detected the Earthquake Reveals How He Broke Down and Cried Because Nobody Took His Calls

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), January 2, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...around the Pacific Rim. But the huge earthquake he detected was in the Indian Ocean...Operations Centre staff sent an electronic communication to the American Embassy in Indonesia...I told him, "There has been a strong earthquake off Sumatra and there is a real danger...
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Taiwan Earthquake Disrupts Internet, Telco Services in Asia

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 28, 2006

Subjects:

Communications industry, Internet, Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd., Telecommunications industry, Telecommunications services industry

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the problem, but communications between Japan...7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Taiwan...the 7.1magnitude earthquake that hit Taiwan...PLDT) and Smart Communications said the international...by a series of earthquakes in Taiwan. He...Taiwan, disrupting communication services in Asia...
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INTERNATIONAL: British Tourists Still Lost after China Earthquake

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), May 15, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...able to say that at least 100 UK tourists travelling in the earthquake region of Sichuan province were safe and unhurt. The 19 Kuoni...local guide and driver. A Kuoni spokesman said: "All lines of communication to the region are down and as such no further information...
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More Than 1,000 People Killed In

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 30, 2005

Subjects:

Computer services industry, Information technology services industry, Reuters Group PLC

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...8.7-magnitude earthquake late Monday off...but due to poor communication, aid workers said...killed in the earthquake," Jusuf Kalla...Information and Communications Minister Sofyan...radio, said the earthquake prompted President...Muhammad said communication with other islands...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: earthquake communication

3 results

1.

Los Angeles

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Natural disasters have also taken their toll. Portions of Los Angeles are subject to wildfires and rockslides, and the 1994 earthquake centered in Northridge in N Los Angeles, which killed 72 and cost $25 billion, was only the latest to have caused damage to...
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Taiwan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...clothing, textiles, and communications equipment; imports include...elections for president. A major earthquake hit central Taiwan in Sept...involving Chen. A major undersea earthquake S of Taiwan during the same...and disrupted international communications among a number of E and SE...
3.

California

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...until 1869. In the meantime communication and transportation depended...suffered greatly after the great earthquake and fire of 1906. Improvements...flooding and brushfires, earthquakes have caused widespread damage...California. In Oct., 1989, a major earthquake killed about 60 people and...

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