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Informationen zum Autor By C. Vail Fletcher and Jennette Lovejoy - Contributions by Bradley Adame; Robert F. Butler; Ashleigh Day; Yianni Doulis; C. Vail Fletcher; Chris Goldfinger; Julie Homchick Crowe; Do Kyun Kim; Kai Kuang; Jennette Lovejoy; Phillip Madison; Hiroaki Matsuura Klappentext This book examines the impending Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami from a communications perspective, using similar experiences of natural disaster preparedness and outcomes as case studies. It is an interdisciplinary consideration of how communities communicate and make sense of natural disasters. Zusammenfassung This book examines the impending Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami from a communications perspective! using similar experiences of natural disaster preparedness and outcomes as case studies. It is an interdisciplinary consideration of how communities communicate and make sense of natural disasters. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsForewordKathryn Schulz1. Introduction Conceptualizing Risk: Media Coverage and Natural DisastersJennette LovejoyPart 1: Cascadia Subduction Zone: Geological Background and Predicting Preparedness in the Pacific Northwest2. Cascadia Earthquake Science and HazardsRobert F. Butler3. Risk Perception and Earthquake Preparedness Motivation: Predicting Responses to a Cascadia Subduction Zone Catastrophic EventBradley Adame and Claude MillerPart 2: Confronting Risk Information: Rhetorical Framing in the Media and Stages of Crisis 4. The article that shook the public: A comparative study of "The Really Big One" and other earthquake news coverageJulie Homchick Crowe5. A "Fast and Frugal" Approach to Risk Judgment and Decision-Making and its Implications for Natural DisasterKai KuangPart 3: Local and Global Case Studies: Analyzing Demographic, Attitude and Economic Factors in Natural Disasters 6. Public risk perception attitudes on flooding by different societal sectors: An investigation based on the August 2016 flood in LouisianaDo Kyun Kim and Phillip Madison7. Economic Evaluation of Multi-Hazard Risk Information in Japan: Implication for Earthquake Risk CommunicationHiroaki Matsuura and Keiichi SatoPart 4: Community, Organizing, and Resilience: Pragmatic Considerations8. Families, Companion Animals, and the CSZ Disaster: Implications for Crisis and Risk CommunicationJulie M. Novak and Ashleigh Day9. What is to be Done?-A Preparedness PolemicYianni Doulis10. Nature, Fear, and Bewilderment: An Anthropcenic (Dis)Connect C. Vail FletcherEpilogueChris GoldfingerIndexAbout the Contributors...
