(Christchurch, NZ) - An American traveller had just come out of the Southern Ink tattoo studio in the central city, where she had "There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be", from the Beatles song All You Need Is Love tattooed on her back, when the earthquake hit.
She was on the footpath when the concrete awning of the building and the brick layers of the second floor came crashing down [killing] her.
The New Zealand Herald
March 9, 2011 Wednesday
Eight more quake victims named
Showing posts with label disasters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disasters. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Press conferences report on disasters
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| Watch the IPCC press conference on managing the risks of climate extremes environmentalresearchweb (blog) ... Vicente Barros present the report at the press conference below, as well as listening in to media questions. According to IPCC chair Raj Pachauri in a press release, "this summary for policymakers provides insights into how disaster risk management ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Press Conference with President Obama & PM Gillard RealClearPolitics It also allows us to respond to a whole host of challenges, like humanitarian or disaster relief, that, frankly, given how large the Asia Pacific region is, it can sometimes be difficult to do, and this will allow us to be able to respond in a more ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Joint Press Availability With Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra US Department of State (press release) We will now have a joint press conference with Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Secretary of State of the United States Mrs. Hillary Clinton. Secretary Clinton is on a visit to Thailand during 16 to 17 November, 2011. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Emergency response officials: Prepare now for winter weather and hazards Springfield News-Leader "2011 was horrific: a blizzard, a drought, and in the middle of it, Joplin," said Runnels, who brought a weather radio to the press conference and urged residents to buy them for their homes. "You can program it to go off anytime there's a watch or ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexico Helicopter Crash Caused by Foggy Weather, Government Says BusinessWeek "The helicopter crashed while flying in a straight line and in clouds," Perez-Jacome said in a televised press conference in Mexico City yesterday. "There is no evidence of damage from explosion or fire." Perez-Jacome was making his third public ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Obama: We're here to stay Sydney Morning Herald ... and will help Australia build its own amphibious force for storming beaches and supplying disaster relief. Strengthening ties: President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Julia Gillard hold a joint press conference at Parliament House. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Demand for food assistance in mid-Missouri increases, prompts press conference Columbia Missourian Park said local pantries also saw a drop in supply during the Joplin tornado disaster, as supplies from the Food Bank were mostly directed to the survivors. The end of the month also means more people will visit pantries, he said, as most federal ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
The media coverage of the official line in Gaza
"The messages, which governing bodies want the media to convey, are necessarily those that will reach the public," wrote Blondheim and Shifman (2009, p. 207).
The researchers identify three main arenas of war news: homefront media, opponent's media, and media of the rest of the world. Three types of scripts exist: power, vulnerability, and disaster. Leadership has greater influence over its domestic media, dependinng on the nature of the regime and the relationship with the media.
Four fundamental political attributes of parties to a conflict are important: the nature of the entity, whether sovereign or nonstate; cohesiveness determining the extent of consensus or political variety; the degree of openness regarding information flow; and the extent of authority exercised whether authoritarian or limited/democratic governments.
In the fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas in December 2008 and January 2009, Blondheim and Shifman (2009) determined that a high degree of collusion existed between the the government goals and the homefront media's coverage. "Local media followed the government line." Hamas control in Gaza is authoritarian. They don't allow dissent. The local media in Gaza portrayed Hamas as powerful.
Most reporters in Israel personally support the government position. They adopted the power and vulnerability scripts put forth by the government in describing Israel. Israeli reporters depicted Gaza as vulnerable in terms of weakness. Gaza reporters presented Israel as vulnerable, rejecting the Israel's power script. Israel wanted the outside world to see its vulnerability, but the international media depicted Israel as powerful and the Palestinians as underdogs in a "David and Goliath" struggle.
Hamas promoted a disaster and power script, showing injured babies and destroyed houses on one hand and bragged about victories on the other hand. The international press adopted the disaster script to describe the Palestinian situation.
Their coverage was related less to reality and more to the need of the international press to compete in the news market. Disasters make "good" news stories. First, disaster coverage is unambiguous. the disaster message is clear in contrasts to the vulnerability script. Second, humanitarian disaster coverage is meaningful and relevant. Third, disaster coverage is about real people. Finally, disaster news is negative; news can't get much worse.
Blondhem, Menahem and Limor Shifman. (2009). What officials say, what media show, and what publics get: Gaza, January 2009. The Communication Review, 12:205-214. DOI: 10.1080/10714420903124036.
The researchers identify three main arenas of war news: homefront media, opponent's media, and media of the rest of the world. Three types of scripts exist: power, vulnerability, and disaster. Leadership has greater influence over its domestic media, dependinng on the nature of the regime and the relationship with the media.
Four fundamental political attributes of parties to a conflict are important: the nature of the entity, whether sovereign or nonstate; cohesiveness determining the extent of consensus or political variety; the degree of openness regarding information flow; and the extent of authority exercised whether authoritarian or limited/democratic governments.
In the fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas in December 2008 and January 2009, Blondheim and Shifman (2009) determined that a high degree of collusion existed between the the government goals and the homefront media's coverage. "Local media followed the government line." Hamas control in Gaza is authoritarian. They don't allow dissent. The local media in Gaza portrayed Hamas as powerful.
Most reporters in Israel personally support the government position. They adopted the power and vulnerability scripts put forth by the government in describing Israel. Israeli reporters depicted Gaza as vulnerable in terms of weakness. Gaza reporters presented Israel as vulnerable, rejecting the Israel's power script. Israel wanted the outside world to see its vulnerability, but the international media depicted Israel as powerful and the Palestinians as underdogs in a "David and Goliath" struggle.
Hamas promoted a disaster and power script, showing injured babies and destroyed houses on one hand and bragged about victories on the other hand. The international press adopted the disaster script to describe the Palestinian situation.
Their coverage was related less to reality and more to the need of the international press to compete in the news market. Disasters make "good" news stories. First, disaster coverage is unambiguous. the disaster message is clear in contrasts to the vulnerability script. Second, humanitarian disaster coverage is meaningful and relevant. Third, disaster coverage is about real people. Finally, disaster news is negative; news can't get much worse.
Blondhem, Menahem and Limor Shifman. (2009). What officials say, what media show, and what publics get: Gaza, January 2009. The Communication Review, 12:205-214. DOI: 10.1080/10714420903124036.
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