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Displaying 8 of about 8 resultsDrawing on the Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication framework, this research sought to examine how leading health organizations use Instagram for communicating and engaging during the COVID-19 pandemic. Governmental and non-governmental institutions increasingly use social media as a strategic tool for public outreach. Global spread, prompt…
Fundamental shifts in preparedness planning are needed to ensure health, safety, and smooth operations during emergencies in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This rapid expert consultation details what is known from research on evacuation behavior, social responses to disaster, and risk communication, as well as lessons learned from emergency manag…
This report looks into adherence to SARS-CoV-2 infection prevention and control measures put in place in Belgium. The authors conducted a panel-based internet survey, addressing a sample of respondents representative for the adult Belgian population in terms of age, sex, region and socio-economic status. They also measured the actual and planned level o…
This study aimed to assess the significance of risk communication as a critical prevention and mitigatory strategy in disaster risk management, focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic. The South African disaster response activities surpass risk reduction since the implementation of the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002 (DMA) and the National Disaster Managem…
Risk communications as part of the Local Resilience Capability is the focus of this week’s Manchester Briefing (Issue 37). The briefing explores the communication of risk before and during emergencies, and identify how two-way communications are central to local resilience capabilities. Lessons are shared from:
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This research characterizes risk communication patterns by analyzing public discourse on the novel coronavirus in four Asian countries that suffered outbreaks of varying degrees of severity: South Korea, Iran, Vietnam, and India. The novel coronavirus disease (hereafter COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has cau…
This paper investigates how message construction, style, content, and the textual content of embedded images impacted message retransmission over the course of the first 8 months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States.The paper concludes that during an infodemic, with misinformation and disinformation surging and swirli…
Confusion and disinformation have been a feature of the COVID-19 pandemic. The press has tried to plough through an avalanche of information to illustrate the situation from various perspectives, but a focus on day-to-day coverage combined with a lack of access to diverse and reliable sources has complicated the task.
UNDRR organised this…