Book chapter
Death on the Front Page: “Awesome Things” and This Thing Called Humanity
Tsunami Communication: (Inter)personal/intercultural, Mass Media, Technological, Philanthropic, Ethical, and Developmental Communication, pp.47-60
Hampton Press
2010
Abstract
It has been called "the world's worst recorded natural disaster," and "the largest earthquake in 40 years," galvanizing the largest global relief effort in history. For those of us involved in the discipline and/or the practice of communications, we realized that it presented a unique case study from a number of perspectives. Both the media and the public became so enraptured and enmeshed in the story of the tsunami of December 26, 2004, bringing to the fore a piece of geography and a peoples too rarely considered prior to the tragedy, that we felt compelled to examine the phenomenon. The overwhelming significance of this volume comes from its being a combination of both academic scholars and development practitioners in the field. Its poignancy becomes underscored from their wide-ranging perspectives, with 21 chapters representing some 14 different countries. Their realities provide not only credibility but also an unprecedented sensitivity to communication issues. Our approach here considers Tsunami 2004 from five communication perspectives: 1.) Interpersonal/ intercultural, 2.) Mass media, 3.) Telecommunications, 4.) Ethics, philanthropy, and development communication, and 5.) Personal testimonies and observations. You will learn even more here about the theory and practice of disaster/crisis communication. [Book Synopsis]
Details
- Title
- Death on the Front Page: “Awesome Things” and This Thing Called Humanity
- Authors
- Folker Hanusch (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social SciencesJ Servaes (Author) - University of Massachusetts, United States
- Contributors
- L K Fuller (Editor)
- Publication details
- Tsunami Communication: (Inter)personal/intercultural, Mass Media, Technological, Philanthropic, Ethical, and Developmental Communication, pp.47-60
- Publisher
- Hampton Press
- Date published
- 2010
- ISBN
- 9781572738188
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449635702621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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